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[Translation.] No. 229, Session IT. —Te Pitihana a Kaeanama te Uamaungapohatu me etahi atu 128. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana i runga i nga take Maori kei te whai-take ratou ki etahi poraka whenua i te takiwa o Tauranga. I tuhi aTa Hori Kerei ki aTe Wirihana Komihana ko taua reta i whakaaturia ki nga kai-pitihana he here i o ratou whenua kei hokona c ratou. E inoi ana ratou kia hangaia he ture whakamana i a ratou kite hoko Id te riihi ranei i o ratou whenua i runga i o ratou whakaaro ano. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— E pouri ana te Komiti mo te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga o tika ai te whakatau kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana. 12 Tihema, 1879.

No. 183, Session IL—Petition of Teoti Pita Mutu and 25 Others (No. 2). Petitionees state that the following were the only pieces of land given to them by the Court in 1868, owing to the Kaiapoi lands being given away to Natives of other parts —namely, at Rakaia Hakatera, Wairewa, aud Tarawera. They would carefully hold them in trust, but ask for power to lease them, so as to use them with advantage. In 1877 they asked for a Court to investigate their lands and adjust the interest of those claiming the reserves. Tho Court has never been appointed. All the lands have been leased, and the rent amounts to £718 per annum. The people number 100. All tbe fish have been destroyed through the lakes being drained. They ask that their grievances may be redressed. 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. 12th December, 1879.

[Teanslation.] No. 183, Session II. —Te Pitihana a Teoti Pita Mutu mo etahi atu c 25 (No. 2).' No te mea i hoatu ke nga whenua o Kaiapoi ki nga Maori o etahi atu wahi heoti ano nga whenua i riro ia ratou ite Kooti ote tau 1868 ko Rakaia Hakatera, ko Wairewa me Tarawera. Era ano ratou c ata tiaki i aua wahi engari me whakamana ratou kite riihi c puta ai he pai ki a ratou. I te tau 1877 ka tono Kooti ratou hei whakawa i o ratou whenua a hei whakarite i nga wahi o era c whai take ana ki nga rahui. Kaore ano he Kooti kia whakaturia. Ko nga whenua katoa kua riihitia ako nga reti ite tau o £718. Ko nga tangata c tae ana kite 100. Ko nga ika katoa kua mate ite mea kua keria te wai o nga roto. E tono ana ratou kia whakaorangia o ratou mate. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— E pouri ana te Komiti mo te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga c tika ai te whakatau kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana. 12 Tihema, 1879.

No. 371, Session ll.—Petition of Haeete Tamihana te Wahaeoa aud Others. Petitionees state that the Government wrongfully bought their land at Tauwhare ; that 21,000 acres of confiscated land was returned to the Ngatihaua Tribe, but the Crown grants have not been issued. Petitioners further on state that the Government agents frightened some of them into selling. Some, rather than sell, left and joined the Hauhaus. They were under the impression that the land, when returned, was made inalienable. The land was not returned to loyal Natives, but to Wiremu Tamihana for his tribe. 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. 12 th December, 1879.

[Translation.] No. 371, Session ll.—Te Pitihana a Habete Tamihana me etahi atu. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana i hokona hetia to ratou whenua i Tauwhare etc Kawanatanga. E 21,000 eka i whakahokia ki a Ngatihaua engari kaore nga Karauna karaati kia puta. Ka ki ano nga kaipitihana na nga kaiwhakahaere a te Kawanatanga i whakawehiwehi etahi o ratou kia hoko, haere ana etahi kite Haubau kihai i hoko. I mahara ratou ite whakahokinga ote whenua ki a ratou i tau he here ki runga. Kaore i whakahokia te whenua ki nga Maori Kuini engari ki a Wiremu Tamehana mo tona iwi. Kua whakahaua ahau Ida ki penei:—■ E pouri ana te Komiti mo to poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga c tika ai te whakatau kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana. 12 Tihema, 1879. By Authority: Geoege Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB79. Price Is. 3d.]