No. 291.—Petition of Wi Pere and Others.

The petitioners pray that the carved house now in the Colonial Museum, which they allege belonged to their parent, may be returned to them, or that they be compensated for the same.

I am directed to report that the payment of £100 appears to the Committee to be inadequate, and they recommend that a further sum of £300 be paid to the Native owners, when they have been ascertained by the Government, in final satisfaction of all claims.