No. 349 of 1880.—Petition of Eru Takihi and 27 Others.

Petitioners state that they are owners by right of Kaungaroa, which had been confiscated. They state that they had petitioned last year for its return without effect.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, on the 28th July last, the Committee reported upon a similar petition from Eru Takihi to the effect that there had been no misunderstanding in 1869, when the matter had been settled. If it be true that the petitioners are landless, as they say, the Government might take their case into consideration.