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ingoa me o etahi, kia tiakina c ratou mo etahi Maori o te Waipounamu, i utua aua moni ki a ia i te tau 1880 engari ko te tinana anake, ko nga hua o aua moni i tangohia etc Kawanatanga. Na c inoi ana ia kia utua ano ki a ia nga hua. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— I runga ano i nga korero a Taiaroa ko te take i roa ai te £4,000 c puta ana, nana tonu, na te Kaipitihana, i kore c whakaae kite mea i nga tangata c pa ana ki aua moni, kia tuhi i tetahi pukapuka whakaae i te rironga o aua moni, i te mea ano hoki kua oti te whakaae hei utunga whakamutunga tera mo aua kereme; eki ana ano hoki a Taiaroa ko te take i whakaroa ai ia i taua mea, he mea nana kia utu ano te Kawanatanga i tetahi atu £1,000. Heoi no reira c kore c whakahau te Komiti kia whakaaetia te inoi a te Kai-pitihana. 26 Akuhata, 1880.
No. 353 of Session 11., 1879.—Petition of Eev. W. Gittos. Petitioned states that about 15 years ago Wi Apo died; that Wi Apo had been interested in the Pakiri Block ; that Pakiri had since been sold to the Government; that the two sons of Wi Apo, who had been left in the care of the petitioner, had a share in the purchase-money to the extent of £400 ; that in respect of these lands, Arama Karaka, a Native chief, and Mr. John Sheehan were trustees for the sons of Wi Apo ; that for the purpose of paying the expenses of the boys' education, Arama Karaka had signed a cheque for £20, which the petitioner sent to Mr. Sheehan for his signature, and to be placed in the bank to the credit of the petitioner ; that the money had been withdrawn from the bank by Mr. Sheehan, but had not been paid to the petitioner nor lodged to his credit; that the petitioner had advanced the money out of his own pocket, but had never been repaid, or received any account of the disposal of the amount drawn from the bank by Mr. Sheehan; that, further, the sons of Wi Apo had not received the amount due to them out of the lands of the father in Pakiri. The petitioner prays for inquiry and redress. Petitioner further prays for inquiry into the rights of certain Natives to a portion of the land alleged to have been erroneously included in the Pakiri Block. I am directed to report as follows : — That in reference to the sum of £20, alleged to be been sent by Mr. Gittos to Mr. Sheehan, the evidence shows that a cheque dated Bth December, 1874, for that amount was sent to Mr. Sheehan, and bears his indorsement, but Mr. Sheehan had no recollection of having received the money; but when under examination, Mr. Gittos stated that on his applying to Mr. Sheehan in 1877 on the subject, Mr. Sheehan expressed himself as willing to pay the amount on reasonable proof being produced that he had received the money, and that Mr. Gittos had not furnished the proof required. The claim still remains unsatisfied. That part of the petition referring to Arama Karaka is reported upon in the proceedings upon Arama Karaka's petition. The last portion, about the wrongful survey of Mangawhara as part of Pakiri, is founded upon a misapprehension of the facts, and is dealt with in another report. 26th August, 1880.
[TEANStATION.] No. 353 of Session 11., 1879. —Pukapuka-inoi a Krroni (Eev. W. Gittos). E XI ana te Kai-pitihana kua 15 nga tau i mate ai a Wi Apo, i whai take ano a Wi Apo kite poraka wbenua o Pakiri; no muri nei kahokona a Pakiri c te Kawanatanga c £400 o te mom hoko i tika kia puta ki aua tamariki tokorua aWi Apo i waiho nei ma te Kai-pitihana c tiaki; ko Arama Karaka, he rangatira Maori, raua ko Te Hiana (Mr. John Sheehan) nga kia-tiaki o aua whenua ma riga tamariki a Wi Apo. Hainatia ana c Arama Karaka he tiaki mo te £20. Hei utu i te kuranga o aua tamariki, tukua atu ana c te Kai-pitihana ki a Te Hiana (Mr. Sheehan) kia hainatia hoki c ia ka tuku atu ai kite kauta a te Kai-pitihana i roto i te peeke, tangohia mai ana aua moni c te Hiana i te peeke engari kaore i homai kite Kai-pitihana kaore hoki i utua ki tana kauta, na te Kia-pitihana ano i utu ki ana moni ake, kihai i whakahokia ki a ia, kaore hoki i whakaaturia ki a ia te paunga o nga moni i tangohia mai nei c Te Hiana (Mr. Sheehan) ite peeke; tetahi ho'ki kaore ano i riro mai i nga tamariki aWi Apo a raua moni mo te whenua a to raua rnatua i Pakiri. E inoi aua te Kai-pitihana kia whiriwhiria kia whakaputaina hoki he oranga. E inoi ana hoki te Kaipitihana kia whiriwhiria nga take a etahi Maori ki etahi wahi whenua c kiia nei i whakaurua hetia kite poraka whenua o Pakiri. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— Mo runga i te £20 c kiia nei i tukua atu c Te Kitohi (Eev. Mr. Gittos) ki a te Hiana (Mf. Sheehan) c whakaatu mai ana nga kupu a nga kai-whakapuaki i tukua atu ki a Te Hiana (Mr. Sheehan) he tiaki mo taua moni i te 8 o nga ra o Tihema 1874, c mau ana hoki tona ingoa i runga, otira kaore a te Hiana c mahara ana kite rironga o taua moni i a ia, engari no te patainga ka ki a Te Kitohi (Key. Mr. Gittos) no tana tononga ki a te Hiana (Mr. Sheehan) i te tau 1877, ka ki mai a Te Hiana (Mr. Sheehan) mehemea ka marama te whakaatu mai i te rironga o aua moni i a ia ka whakahokia atu ano c ia aua moni, a kaore hoki i tukua atu c te Kitohi (Eev. Mr. Gittos) aua kupu whakamarama i tonoa ra kei te takoto tarewa tonu taua tono mo aua moni. Ko tera taha o te pitihana c pa nei kia Arama Karaka, kua whakakataua ano i te mahinga i te pitihana a Arama Karaka. Ko te kupu whakamutunga eki nei i he te urunga o Mangawhara kite ruritanga o Pakiri, kei te pohehe ia ki nga putake kua oti noatu hoki te mahi i roto i tetahi atu whakataunga. 26 Akuhata, 1880.
No. 357 of 1880.—Petition of Te Ao Tapseli,. Petitioner is wife of liana Tapseli, and says that the 500 acres of reserve in Te Puke Block are too few to be divided among 200 people. Mrs. Tapseli asks for 500 acres for herself, and also a section in the Township of Te Puke.
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