No. 296 of 1880.—Petition of Moananui Wharenui and 29 Others.
Petitioners state that they are the children of persons whose claims to Whareroa were rejected by the Land Commissioner at Tauranga; they state that the Assessor was an interested party; that the witnesses were not sworn; and that there was no interpreter. They pray that the case may be reinvestigated.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the matter is now under the consideration of the Government, which has not yet received the official recommendation of Mr. Commissioner Wilson. The Committee has no reason to suppose that justice will not be done.