No. 372, 1889.—Petition of Te Wiremu Te Poro Kauiti and 58 Others.

Petitioners state that the whole of the Maori Treaty of Waitangi Committee have agreed to lease a certain block of land to a company of Europeans for mining purposes. They ask that a special Act may be passed to enable them to let the land.

I am directed to report that, in the opinion of this Committee, the above petition should be referred to Government.