Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1895

No. 322.—Petition of Te Ranui Omahuru and 212 Others

No. 322.—Petition of Te Ranui Omahuru and 212 Others.

Petitioners pray that their interests in the West Coast Settlement Reserves may be individualised, to give them an opportunity of working their own lands.

I have the honour to report that the Committee recommend that the Public Trustee should, with the utmost publicity, invite applications from the Native owners who wish to occupy and cultivate their individual shares of the land, and, on receipt of such applications, give each applicant the opportunity of benefiting by the individualisation of his property, instead of being compelled, as at present, to live in a state of communism.

18th September, 1895.