No. 36.—Petition of Rawiri Rangihewa, Te One Taupiri, and Kipa Te Whitu.

Petitioners state that they never received their due share of the rents of Himatangi Block; that Government owed them £1,500, and offers only £60 in settlement.

I am directed to report as follows:—

This is a similar petition to that presented last session (No. 389) from Renata Ropiha and others. The recommendation of the Committee then was that Government should look carefully into the matter, and do what might be equitable towards the settlement of a long-standing dispute. The Committee has no further recommendation to make.