1.—3.

Final Report. The Native Affairs Committee, consisting of seventeen members, has held fifteen meetings during the session, with an average attendance at each meeting of eight members. Including fifty-nine petitions brought forward from last session, the Committee had before it one hundred and six petitions. Sixty-two petitions were reported on and forty-four are held over. Two parliamentary papers were duly considered and reported on. The Native Housing Bill and the Native Purposes Bill were considered by the Committee, amended, and duly reported on. J. O'Brien, Chairman. 16th September, 1938.

[Translation.] Eipoata Wha kamutunga. I tenbi tuunga o te Paremata tekau ma rima nga huinga o te Komiti Mo Nga Mea Maori te maha o nga mema tekau ma whitu te tikanga toko-waru nga mema i tae mai ki ia hui. Hui atu ki nga pitihana e rima tekau ma iwa i toe mai o tera tuunga Paremata nga pitihana i tae mai kite aroaro o te Komiti kotahi rau e ono. E ono tekau ma rua nga pitihana i ripoatatia a e wha tekau ma wha i waihotia mo tetahi wa. E rua nga pepa paremata i whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia. Ko te Pire Whare Mo Nga Maori mete Pire Mo Nga Mea Maori i whiriwhiria e te Komiti i whakatikatikaina a i ripoatatia. J. O'Brien, Tiamana. 16 o Hepetema, 1938.

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