No. 156 of 1880.—Petition of Puotekawakirangitawhi and Others.

Petitioners state that they are owners of two millions of acres of land, which they have invested in trustees for the purpose of sale; that they learn that there is before the House a Bill intituled "The Native Lands Sale Bill, 1880," and that they consider the provisions of the Bill unjust and impolitic. They therefore pray that the Bill may not pass.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the petition refers to a matter of public policy now under discussion in Parliament, and the Committee has therefore no recommendation to make.