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Maori Purposes Bill I am directed to report that the Maori Affairs Committee has duly considered the Maori Purposes Bill, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed without amendment. J. B. F. Cotterill, Chairman. 19th October, 1949.

[Translation] Te Pire Mo Nga Mea Maori Kua whakahaua ahau kia ropoata kua ata whiriwhiria e te Komiti Mo Nga Mea Maori te Pire mo Nga Mea Maori a ko te kupu tohutohu me tuku kia haere kahore he menemana. J. B. F. Cotterill, Tiamana. 19 o Oketopa, 1949.

Special Report 1 have the honour to report that at its final meeting the Maori Affairs Committee unanimously passed the following resolution : " That the Maori Affairs Committee desires to express its appreciation of the capable and courteous manner in which its Chairman, Mr. Cotterill, has conducted the affairs of the Committee during the session, and that this resolution be reported to the House.' G. F. Sim, a Member of the Committee. 19th October, 1949.

[Translation] Ripoata Weheke E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i te hui whakamutunga a te Komiti mo Nga Mea Maori. Kotahi ano te reo whakaae o nga mema kite whakatau ite motini e whai ake nei:—"Ko te hiahia o te Komiti Mo Nga Mea Maori he mihi kite Tiamana ki a MrCotterill, mo tona maia me tona ngawari kite whakahaere i nga take a te Komiti 1 tenei tuunga Paremata a ko tenei motini me ripoata kite Whare. G. F. Sim, he Mema no te Komiti. 19 o Oketopa, 1949.

Final Report I have the honour to report that the Maori Affairs Committee, consisting of fifteen members, held eleven meetings during the session, with an average attendance at each meeting of seven members. . Including one petition brought forward from last session, the Committee had twenty petitions to deal with ; nineteen of them were reported on to the House, and one is held over. Four parliamentary papers and the Maori Purposes Bill have also been considered and reported on to the House. . Finally, the Committee desires to take this opportunity of recording its high sense and appreciation of the faithful services rendered to the Maori race and to the country by the late Mr. Matiu Ratana as a member of the Maori Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, and desires to express its most sincere sympathy with his widow and her family in their great sorrow. J. B. F. Cotterill, Chairman. 19th October, 1949.

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