MR. GORSTasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, What steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government to verify the statements made in the Memorial of the Maori Chiefs recently in this Country, as to alleged violations of the Treaty of Waitangi; whether any communications have been made to or received from the Colonial Government of New Zealand on the subject: and, whether such communications can be laid upon the Table?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYIn reply to my hon. and learned Friend, I have to say that the Memorial of the Maori Chiefs was sent off to the Governor of New Zealand in August last, and the observations of the Colonial Government were invited upon it. No answer has yet or could yet have been received. As soon as the expected reply arrives, Papers on the subject will be laid on the Table.