No. 53, Session II.—Petition of Tini Kerei Taiaroa.

Petitioner states that in the year 1859, Taiaroa, who died in 1863, gave her a piece of land containing 100 acres, and that in the year 1868, at the sitting of the Native Lands Court, Patoromu caused a division of that land to be made, giving to Kiti Pana 50 acres, and 50 acres to Riki Pana, without petitioner's consent. Crown grants have been issued to them. Petitioner prays that Parliament may institute some clear way of settling this difficulty.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That this being a question of succession to an estate, it can only be settled in the ordinary Courts, and the Committee therefore has no recommendation to make.