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1879. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF). JOHN BEYCE, CHAIRMAN. NGA KUPU A TE KOMITI O TE RUNANGA MO NGA MEA MAORI.

Presented to the House of Representatives, Session 1879, No. 1, and ordered to be printed.

No. 278, 1878.—Petition of Marian Stewart. Petitioner, a half-caste woman of the Ngatipukeko Tribe, states that the land of that tribe was confiscated for the disloyalty of certain members thereof. Petitioner alleges that neither herself nor any members of her family were over disloyal to the Queen. The petitioner prays that the particulars of her claim, which she sets forth at length in her petition, may be investigated, and that she may receive an award of such land at Whakatane as she may be found entitled to. I am directed to report as follows : — That, in the opinion of the Committee, the tribal claims preferred by the petitioner have been satisfied by ber participation in large Native reserves at Whakatane. Ist August, 1879.

[Translation.] Te Pukapuka-inoi a Mariana Tuari. He wahine hawhe-kaihe no Ngatipukeko tenei kai-inoi, a c ki ana ia i tangohia te whenua o taua iwi mo te hara o etahi o ratou. E ki ana te kai-inoi kihai rawa ratou ko ona whanaunga tata i uru kite hara Id te Kuini. E tono ana te kai-inoi kia ata kimihia nga tikanga o tana tono, a, kia hoatu tetahi whenua ki a ia, kia rite ano kite mea c tika ana ki a ia. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu kite Whare : — Xi te whakaaro a te Komiti kua rite nga tono take-iwi a te kai-inoi, no te mea kua uru a ia ki roto ki nga whenua nui kua rahuitia mo nga Maori kei Whakatane. Akuhata 1, 1879.

No. 303, 1878. —Petition of Mere Nako Pene te Poa. Petitioner prays that she may not be deprived of her land at Motueka, about which she says she is in great affliction. I am directed to report as follows : — That the grievance stated in the petition has been settled by the Government to the satisfaction of the petitioner, and that therefore no action on the part of the House is necessary. Ist August, 1879.

[Translation.] Te Pukapuka-inoi a Mere Nako Pene te Poa. E, tono ana te kai-inoi kia kaua c tonoa tona whenua i Motueka, c pa nui hoki ana te pouri ki a ia mo taua wahi. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu kite Whare :— Ko te mate c kiia ana i roto i te pitihana kua ea i te Kawanatanga, a c pai ana te kai-inoi, no reira kaore he tikanga kia whakaarohia c te Whare. Akuhata 1, 1879.