Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1888.

[No. 275.—Petition of Tamati te Wera and 4 Others.]

Petitioners pray that an Act may be passed giving them the right to deal with their lands as they may think fit.

I am directed to report as follows: That this petition should be referred to the Government for consideration.

10th July, 1888

E inoi aua nga kai-pitihana kia tukua atu kia ratou te mana whakahaere i o ratou whenua i runga i ta ratou hiahia ake.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Me tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria mai.

10 Hurae, 1888