No. 36, Session II.—Petition of Meiha te Wheoro.
Petitioner states that a Proclamation in Gazette No. 29, page 227, sets forth that all friendly Natives should assist Lieutenant-General Cameron in locating soldiers on the Waikato River to protect the people dwelling there peaceably. They obeyed the request. After the fighting was over they found the Government had confiscated their land. The land returned to petitioner was only in accordance with the Government idea. Petitioner prays, on behalf of himself and the hapus of Waikato, to have the land wrongfully confiscated returned to them.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Committee regret that the time at their disposal has not been sufficient to enable them to make such inquiries as would justify them in reporting an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition.