Final Report.

I have the honour to report that the Native Affairs Committee held its final meeting this morning.

With the ninety petitions held over from previous sessions, the Committee had before it 159 petitions. Of these, seventy-six were fully considered and reported on; the remaining eighty-three are unavoidably held over, and a list of the same is appended hereto.

The Committee also had referred to it the Maori Councils Bill, the Maori Lands Administration Bill, and the Native Lands Control and Administration Bill, all of which were gone through and duly reported to the House.

Before rising the following resolution was unanimously agreed to, viz.:—

"That, owing to the very long hours worked by the Chairman as well as the close attention required, the Committee recommends the Government should favourably consider the advisability of remunerating him for the arduous work he has performed so satisfactorily in connection with Native affairs."

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[Translation.]
Ripoata Whakamutunga.

E whai honore ana ahau ki te ripoata no te ata nei ka tu te huihuinga whakamutunga o te Komiti mo nga Mea Maori.

E iwa tekau nga pitihana i nukuhia i era ata tuunga o te Paremete; a, ina huia era ki nga pitihana hou o tenei tau, kotahi rau e rima tekau ma iwa nga pitihana i takoto ki te aroaro o te Komiti i tenei tuunga o te Paremete. E whitu tekau ma ono o enei kua oti te whinwhiri me te ripoata; ko nga pitihana e waru tekau ma toru i toe kua ata waiho era a tenei e mau ake nei te rarangi o aua pitihana.

Koia enei nga Pire i tukua mai ki te Komiti kia whiriwhiria, ara: te Pire Kaunihera Maori, te Pire Whakahaere i nga Whenua Maori, me te Pire Tuku Mana Whakahaere mo nga Whenua Maori, a kua ata whiriwhiria kua ata ripoatatia katoatia enei Pire ki te Whare.

I mua o te hikinga o te Komiti i tenei ra, whakaaetia ana e katoa tenei whakatau e whai ake nei, ara:—

I te mea he maha rawa nga haora e mahi ana te Tiamana me te mau tonu o ona whakaaro ki nga mahi a te Komiti, na reira ka whai kupu te Komiti ki te Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria paitia tetahi utu mo te Tiamana mo nga mahi taumaha kua mahia paitia nei e ia mo runga i nga mea Maori."