No. 11, Sess. II.—Petition of Amiria Tainui.

Petitioner prays that her name may be included in one or other of the two reserves at Kaiapoi, called Waitutere and Tawiti, In 1860 the reserves were cut up in such a way as to exclude the petitioner from partaking in the division. In 1868 a Court was held at Otautahi, when she was excluded from the reserves awarded by that Court for the Maoris at Tawera and Orahaki. In 1883 she wrote to the Commissioner of Lands, asking that her name might be included in the reserves, but he took no notice of her letter.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, having heard the evidence of Mr. Mackay, the Committee has no recommendation to make.