Report on Petition of Te Paru te Mea and Others.

Petitioners pray that the Native Land Court Suspension Bill introduced during the present session may not be passed into law.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, as the proposed legislation on the subject of Native lands has been withdrawn from the consideration of the House for the present session, the Committee do not deem it necessary to report a specific opinion on the subject-matter of this petition, but recommend its contents to the consideration of the House when the proposed legislation with regard to the management of Native lands is brought before it.

[Translation.]
Ko te kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Paru te Mea ma.

E tono ana nga kai-inoi kia kaua e whakamana hei Ture te Pire Whakatarewa i nga Hoko Whenua Maori i homai nei i tenei tau.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—

Notemea kua unuhia ki waho o te Whare inaianei nga Ture i kiia ra kia mahia mo nga Whenua Maori kahore te Komiti i whakaaro kia whai kupu tuturu ratou mo runga i tenei pukapuka-inoi, engari e mea ana ratou ki te Whare kia whakaarohia nga kupu o tenei pukapuka-inoi a te wa e korerotia ai nga tikanga mo nga Whenua Maori i te aroaro o te Whare.

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