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Kamupene me nga roia. E tono ana ratou kia wehewehea te whenua kia mohio ai ratou ki o ratou nei piihi. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— I tae mai tenei pitihana kite Komiti i te 30 Akuhata, kaoro i taea te mabi i te kore taima, engari c tono ana te Komiti kia tirohia c te Kawanatanga kia tukua atu kite Tumuaki o nga Kaiwhakawa o te kooti whenua Maori. 3 Hepetema, 1883.

No. 36. —Petition of Eawiri Eangihewa, Tb One Taupiri, and Kipa te Whitu. Petitioners state that they never received their due share of the rents of Himatangi Block; that Government owed them £1,500, and offers only £60 in settlement. I am directed to report as follows : — This is a similar petition to that presented last session (No. 389) from Eenata Eopiha and others. The recommendation of the Committee then was that Government should look carefully into the matter, and do what might be equitable towards the settlement of a long-standing dispute. The Committee has no further recommendation to make. 3rd September, 1883.

[Translation.] No. 36.—Pukapuka-inoi a Bawiui Banchhewa, Te One Taupiri, me Kipa te Whitu. B ki ana nga kai-pitihana kahore ano i riro mai ta rotou hea o te reti o Himatangi Poraka c mea ana hoki £1,500 kahore ano i utua c te Kawanatanga. A heoi nga moni i mea ai te Kawanatanga kia homai hei whakarite c £60. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— E rite ana tenei pitihana ki tera i tukuna mai i te Peremete o tera tau (No. 389) c Eenata Eopiha me etahi atu. Ko nga whakaaro ate Koomiti i taua takiwa i penei, me ata titiro marire c te Kawanatanga tenei take me kimi c ratou tetahi huarahi c ahei ai te whakaoti i tenei raruraru kua roa nei c totohe ana. Kore he kupu ate Komititi mo runga i tenei mea. 3 Hepetema, 1883.

No. 230. —Petition of Wibbmu te Whetu and 21 Others. Petitionbbs state that they belong to Ngatimatau Kapu, and they complain that owing to the maladministration of their new Judge they had been defeated in their attempt to get Waotu adjudged to them, at the Land Court at Cambridge held this year. I am directed to report as follows : — That this petition be reconsidered next session: 3rd September, 1883.

[Translation.] No. 230.—Pukapuka-inoi a Wieemd te Whetu me etahi atu c 21. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana no te Hapu o Ngatimatau ratou c mea ana hoki i mate ratou i te whakahaeretanga a ts Tiati hou i runga i ta ratou whai kia whakataua a Waotu kia ratou c te Kooti Whenua Maori i Kemureti i tenei tau. Kua Whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— Ka whakaarohia houtia tenei pitihana a tenei Paremete c haere ake nei. 3 Hepetema, 1883.

No. 446.—Petition of Hoani Motutara and 32 Others. Pbtitionees complain that their land had been secretly sold by one man, Marake te Moananui, to the Government Land Purchase Commissioner. The land had been confiscated, and is situated in the Tauranga District. I am directed to report as follows :— That there has not been time to consider this petition owing to the late period of the session at which it came before the Committee. 3rd September, 1883.

[Translation.] No. 446.—Pukapuka-inoi a Hoani Motutaba me etahi atu c 32. E mea ana nga kai-pitihana kua hokona tahaetia to ratou whenua kite Komihana hoko whenua ate Kawanatanga etc tangata Kotahi c Marake te Moananui. I riro tenei whenua ite rau patu kei te takiwa o Tauranga. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei :— Kihai i,.,whai taima kite whakaaro i tenei pitihana no te mea kua tata rawa te mutu o te Paremete i te taenga mai o-£enei pitihana kite aroaro o te Komiti. 3 Hepetema, 1883.

No. 467.—Petition of Manihera Makoaeb. Petitioner says he is one of the original owners of the Waimanu Block, Kaipara; that he was wrongfully excluded from his right in the land by the action of the Native Land Court, and therefore received no payment for his interest. He applies for a rehearing or compensation,

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