No. 379, Session II.—Petition of Wiremu te Oka and Others.

Petitioners state that their land at Pakihi was sold stealthily to a European, before the war with Hone Heke. They inherited the land from their ancestors, and will not allow Europeans to occupy the land or stock it. The Court had told them they could not get the land, as it had been Crown-granted. The Crown-granting was done stealthily.

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.