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whenua kite Kawanatanga engari c mea ana te kai-pitihana kanui to ratou kaha kite whakahaere i te hoko mo taua whenua a whakaaetia ana tetahi wahi mo ratou. No te tau 1862 ka noho ratou ki runga ki taua wahi, a kei reira hoki c mahi ana inaianei. Ko o ratou tupapaku kei reira c nehu ana. Kei reira o ratou whare c tv ana a kaore ano ta ratou noho i reira kia whakararurarutia. E tono ana ratou kia whakamanaia taua whakaritenga i whakaaetia ra ki a ratou. Kua korero ratou ki a Te Makarini me Te Hiana, kihai ano i oti taua mea. Kua whakahaua ahau kia Id penei:— E pouri ana te Komiti i te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga ma ratou c tika ai te whakatau i tetahi kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana. 11 Tihema, 1879.
No. 198, Session ll.—Petition of Rehutai te Whaeau and 6 Others. Petitionees state that, through the mistake of the McLean Government aud officers, a block of land called Te Putere was taken ; and they ask Parliament to give reasons why it was taken, for they do not know. Had they been Hauhaus it would have been well; but they are under the rule of the Queen. They describe the boundaries, and urge Mr. Tomoana to obtain justice for them. I am directed to report as follows: — That the Committee regret that the time at their disposal has not been sufficient to enable them to make such inquiries as would justify them in reporting an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition. 11th December, 1879.
[Teanslation.] No. 198, Session ll.—Te Pitihaua a Rehutai te Whaeau me etahi atu c 6. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana no runga i nga mahi he a te Kawanatanga o te Makarini me ana apiha ka riro tetahi whenua ko Te Putere, a ka tono ratou kia whakamaramatia c te Paremcte nga take i riro ai, no te mea kei te kuare ratou. Mehemea i Hauhau ratou katahi ano ka tika kia riro ko tenei kei raro tonu ratou ite maru ote Kuini. E whakaaturia mai ana c ratou nga rohe a c mea ana ma Tomoana c mea he tika kia puta ki a ratou. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— E pouri ana to Komiti i to poto o to takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga ma ratou c tika ai te whakatau i tetahi kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana. 11 Tihema, 1879.
No. 216, Session II.—Petition of Te KonowniTi Tuataka (Mrs. E. Douglas). Petitionee prays for a rehearing of a block of land called Orania, or to have her name inserted in the Crown grant, as decided by Judge Munro in the Native Land Court. Petitioner complains that her name wa3 struck out of the grant because she refused to sell her interest in the block to Mr. Whitaker. I am directed to report as follows : — That the Committee regret that the time at their disposal has not been sufficient to enable them to make such inquiries as would justify them in reporting an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition. 11th December, 1879.
[Teanslation.] No. 216, Session II. —Te Pitihana a Koeowiiiti Tuataku (Mrs. E. Douglas). E inoi ana te kai-pitihana kia whakawa tuaruatia tetahi poraka whenua ko Orania te ingoa kia whakaurua ranei tona ingoa ki roto kite Karauna karaati i whakataua c te Moanaroa kaiwhakawa i roti ito Kooti Whenua Maori. E mea ana to kai-pitihana i patua tona ingoa i roto ite Karauna karaati no te mea kaore ia i whakaae kite hoko i tona hia kia te Witika. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei :• —■ E pouri ana te Komiti i te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga ma ratou c tika ai te whakatau i tetahi kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana. 11 Tihema, 1879.
No. 296, Session IL—Petition of G. P. Mutu and 20 Others. Petitioners state that they have seen that an Act is to be passed vesting their lands in other persons. There is also another Act being passed regulating the Maori vote. The first-mentioned Act will never suit the Maori race, because they are able to look after their own affairs. With regard to the second Act, they never asked to be placed upon European rolls —it was the Europeans who placed them there ; and therefore they have a right to be left on. They ask for the Act which provides for the Maori votes being left as it is. I am directed to report as follows : — That the Committee regret that the time at their disposal has not been sufficient to enable them to make such inquiries as would justify them in reporting an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition. 11th December, 1879.