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No. 159 of Session 11., 1879.—Petition of Taeaiti Tamaki and 22 Others. Petitioners state that they resided on the Opuati Block, in the District of "Waipa, in the year 1863 ; that in the year 18G6 there was a sitting of the Native Land Court, when the petitioners (of the Ngatipou tribe) were present; that the Court decided against their claim upon the ground of their having been in rebellion, and awarded the land to the Ngatitipa. The petitioners pray for inquiry and redress. I am directed to report as follows : — That the Committee has no recommendation to make. 28th July, 1880.
[Tbanslation.] No. 159 of Session 11., 1879. —Pukapuka-inoi a Taeaiti Tamaki me etahi atu 22. E ci ana nga Kai-pitihana i noho ratou i runga i te poraka o Opuatia i roto i te takiwa o Waipa, i te tau 1863 ; na no te tau 1866, i tv te Kooti Whenua i reira nga Kai-pitihana, no te iwi o Ngatipou ; na i turakina ratou c te Kooti, ko te take, i uru ratou ki roto kite whawhai ki a Te Kuini a whakataua ana te whenua ki Ngatitipa. E inoi ana nga Kai-pitihana kiatirohia to ratou mate aka whakaputa he ora ki a ratou. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— Kaore he kupu a te Komiti. 28 Hurae, 1880.
No. 31 of Session 1., 1879. —Petition of Eeihana Te Ikatahi. The petitioner, a Native of Hawke's Bay, states that he is one of the grantees in a block of land called Raukawa East; that he believes he has been defrauded of his interest in the said land; that a lawsuit to recover it would be expensive and uncertain, and he therefore prays the House to examine into his case and give relief. I am directed to report as follows: — That the question raised by the petitioner should be referred to a Court of law, the Committee has therefore no recommendation to make. 28th July, 1880.
[Teanslation.] No. 31 of Session I. 1879. —Pukapuka-inoi a Eeiiiana Te Ikatahi. Ko te Kai-pitihana he tangata Maori, no Haake Pei, c ki ana ia koia tetahi o nga tangata o roto i te . Karauna karaati o tetahi poraka whenua ko Eaukawa kite rawhiti, c mea ana ia i tahaetia tona hia i roto i taua whenua, era c nui nga moni c pau kite kawea kite whakawa a c kore c mohiotia te mutunga no reira ia ka inoi kite Whare kia ata hurihuria te taha ki a ka ia a whakaputa i tetahi ora. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— Ko te korero a te Kai-pitihana me tuku atu ki tetahi Kooti o te ture heoi kaore he kupu a to Komiti. 28 Hurae, 1880.
No. 180 of 1878.—Petition of Eru Takiiii and 16 Others. The petitioners state that by Maori custom they owned Kauangaroa, and that they never j)arted with their rights ; that they had never taken part with the Hauhaus ; that they had refused to cede their land to the Government. They pray that the land may be restored to them. I am directed to report as follows: — That the block referred to was conveyed to Government in 1869 by arrangement, out of confiscated land, and there seems to have been no misunderstanding upon the matter at that time ; that, consequently, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 28th July, 1880.
[Translation.] No. 180 of 1878.—Pukapuka-inoi a Ecu Takihi me etahi atu 16. E ki ana nga Kai-pitihana no ratou a Kauangaroa i runga i te tikanga Maori, a kihai rawa ratou i tuku i o ratou paanga ; a kihai rawa ratou i uru kite Hauhau ; a kaore ratou i tuku i to ratou whenua kite Kawanatanga. E inoi ana ratou kia whakahokia to ratou whenua. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei :— Ko taua poraka i tukua kite Kawanatanga i to tau 1869, i runga ano i tetahi whakaritenga no roto taua wahi i te whenua raupatu na kaore rawa he pohehetanga ki taua whakaritenga i taua takiwa no reira kaore he kupu a to Komiti. 28 Hurae, 1880.
No. 7 of 1880.—Petition, of Hana Amittiti. The petitioner claims a piece of land called Eawhiti, near Bangariri. I am directed to report as follows : — That it appears that the land referred to belonged to the petitioner's husband, and was left by him in the hands of trustees, who sold it in accordance with their powers under a will, for the sum of £400. The Committee therefore has no recommendation to make. 28th July, 1880.