No. 521.—Petition of Horiana Hone and 33 Others.

Petitioners say that the Paeroa East Block was awarded to them by the Land Court which sat at Whakatane in October, 1882; that a rehearing was granted and heard at Maketu in June, 1883, and that this resulted in the land being vested in persons who had arranged to convey it to a European. This they attribute to the fact that lawyers were employed on the other side, whilst they were unrepresented. They pray for redress.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That this petition was presented towards the close of the session, and it is impossible to examine into it in the time at the disposal of the Committee.