Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1882.

[No. 151 of 1882.—Petition of Tare Wi Teihoka and 31 Others (No. 1).]

Petitioners pray that the Middle Island Native Villages Control and Regulation Bill may be passed.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, this being a question of public policy, the Committee has no recommendation to make.

12th July, 1882.

E Inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia paahitia te Pire mo te Whakarite me te Whakahaere o nga Kainga Maori o Te Waipounamu.

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Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

He mea tenei e pa ana ki nga tikanga e whakahaerea ana mo te katoa heoi kaore he kupu a tenei Komiti.

12 Hurae, 1882.