Report on Petition of Meiha Keepa te Rangihiwinui and Others.

Petitioners pray that the Maori Real Estate Management Bill and the Native Lands Act Amendment Bill be not proceeded with during the present session, so that the Maoris may have further opportunities of considering the effect those Bills are likely to have on the Native race.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, the Bills in question having been disposed of by the House, the Committee do not think it necessary to express an opinion on the subject.