No. 67.—Petition of Wirihana Tikapa te Aooterangi and 12 Others.

The petitioners, who are Natives of Whaingaroa, desire that the grant for a block of land called Te Akau, containing 90,360 acres, may be cancelled, in order that certain names may be omitted and others introduced.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, in the absence of evidence in support of the allegations of the petition, the Committee see no reason for recommending that the Crown grant for the block of land in question should be cancelled.