No. 352.—Petition of Hipa Te Maiharoa and Others (No. 3).

Petitioners say it is stated that they had received clothing, but they had received at Waitaki only edibles, and that the cost of these came out of rents collected on their account. They say that more money ought to have been spent upon them.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That this petition is so vague that, in the absence of evidence, the Committee cannot make any recommendation.