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Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1881.

No. 324 of 1881.—Petition of H. K. Taiaroa (No. 3)

No. 324 of 1881.—Petition of H. K. Taiaroa (No. 3).

Petitioner states that it was never intended to sell Lake Ellesmere to the Queen, but that it should be kept as a fishing-ground; and he complains that, by drainage, the eel-fisheries are being destroyed. He prays for redress.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That whether there is or is not a right to compensation for damage to any particular fisheries in the Middle Island is so entirely one of law that the Committee cannot make any recommendation.

8th September, 1881.