No. 241.—Petition of Raumati Pomakariri and 430 Others.

Petitioners pray that their shares in the Manawapou Block, near Patea, may be individualised, and that they may receive advances for the purpose of making the land produce sufficient to support them.

I have the honour to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government, for the purpose of having the matter inquired into by the Stipendiary Magistrate of the district in which the land is situated.