3. Points found to be defective.

The only objection I have heard made against the working of the Native Lands Act is, that in some instances certificates of title have been given to only a few individuals for lands in which many Others had interests, on the understanding that the minority of the owners actually named as entitled would act as trustees for the rest, and guardians of their interests, but that they did not do so, and in fact sold the land for their own advantage. I do not know whether any such case has really occurred, having, only, heard a report that some such thing did happen at Hawke's Bay. On this I have only to remark that, apart from the question as to whether such a proceeding would be good in law, which it might or might not, according to the real circumstances of the case, I think "The Native Lands Act,1867," section 17, seems a sufficient protection for the interests of Native owners for the future.