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G.—No. 4.

PETITION OF IHAKARA AND OTHER NATIVES RESIDENT AT RANGITIKEI AND MANAWATU, PRAYING THAT THEIR TERRITORY MAY BE BROUGHT UNDER THE OPERATION OF "THE NATIVE LANDS ACT, 1862."

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY. WELLINGTON. 1865