Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1881.

[No. 234 of 1881.—Petition of Tamaki Tikao and 9 Others]

Petitioners refer to a Bill for rating Native land, and pray that it may not be passed.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, this being a matter of public policy, and now under the consideration of Parliament, the Committee has no recommendation to make.

3rd August, 1881.

E Whai kupu ana nga Kai-pitihana mo tetahi Pire Reiti i nga whenua Maori, a, e inoi ana ratou kia kaua e whakamanaia taua Pire.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

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He tikanga tenei e pa ana ki nga whakahaere mo te Katoa, a, kei te whiriwhiria e te Paremete i naianei, heoi, kaore he kupu a te Komiti.

3 Akuhata, 1881.