No. 80.—Paraone Ropiha and Another.

Petitioners pray that a reserve may be set aside for them in the Waimarino Block.

I have the honour to report that the Committee recommend that the Government should make inquiry into the case of the petitioners, and, by way of a compassionate allowance, grant such relief as may be considered just to those owners in the Waimarino Block whose names were, through ignorance on the part of the head of their hapu, withheld from the Court at the time of hearing.