No. 291 of 1880.—Petition of Erueti Rangikopinga and 3 Others — viz., Ruiha Rangikopinga, Hara Rangikopinga, and L. M. Plumbridge (Ruiha Teira).

Petitioners state that they are loyal Natives, and belong to the Taranaki Tribe; that the lands from Omuturangi to Tataraimaka, and from the sea inland to and including Mount Egmont, is theirs; and they pray for a restoration of said lands.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Government has offered Mrs. Plumbridge (Ruiha Teira) 100 acres of land in accordance with the recommendation of this Committee made on the 18th September, 1877; and any further claim, if such there be, is of a tribal character and must be satisfied by the tribes out of the lands which have been returned to them.