No. 430.—Petition of Te Reiroa Pirere and Others (No. 2).

Petitioners say they are some of the grantees of a reserve made to them by Sir Donald McLean in 1849. They say they were induced to sign a deed made out by one George Rees, which purported to be a deed of lease but was a deed of sale. They would never have signed the deed had they known its real purport. They pray for inquiry.

I am directed to report as follows: That this Committee has no recommendation to make.