No. 216 of Session II., 1879.—Petition of Korowhiti Tuataka (Mrs. Douglas).

Petitioner alleged that she is entitled to an interest in certain blocks of land, called Okauia, Oharekapa, and Te Wairere, and that through an arrangement between a Judge of the Native Land Court, a few of the Natives, and European purchasers, she has been kept out of her rights. She says she has applied to Judge Fenton and the Native Minister for a rehearing of her case, but without result. Petitioner prays for a rehearing, in order that her name may be inserted in the Crown grants.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the lands referred to having been entirely awarded to her own tribe, the grievances complained of can be settled only between the petitioner and it.