Nos. 407, 322, and 376, Sess. II. —Petitions of Te One Topi Patuki and Others; Tare Wi Teihoka; and Tiari Makiha and 115 Others.

Petitioners pray that the report of the Royal Commissioners on the Middle Island Native Claims may be carried out.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Committee recommends that the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the claims of the Natives in the Middle Island arising from unfulfilled promises should be reconstituted, and their inquiry completed without delay.