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donors, and had the land included in a survey of his own land and a Mr. R. Fairnburn's. She prays for relief. I am directed to report as follows : That a similar petition was reported upon on 22nd July, 1881, and, as no further evidence has been adduced, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 10th July, 1885.

[Teanslation.] No. 63, Sess. 11., 1884.—Pukapuka-inoi a Huhana Poihi (hawhekaihe). E Ki ana te kai-pitihana i te wa i marenatia ai ia i hoatu tetahi whenua ki aia e 40 eka e ona huanga Otira i whiwhi tahae a Hemi Beweti ki tetahi pukupuka i hainatia e nga kai-hoatu, a hui atu ana te whenua ki roto i tetahi ruri o tona ake whenua me to te Pepene. E tono ana ia ki tetahi ora mona. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: I puta tetahi repoata i ahua rite ki tenei ite22 o nga ra o Hurae, 1881, ano te mea kahore tetahi korero hou i whakaputaina. Kahoe he kupu ate Komiti mo runga i tenei tono. 10 o Hurae, 1885.

No. 428, Sess. 18, 1884.—Petition of Baneiea te Hiahia and 34 Others. Petitionees pray that the claims of Te Ipu and Marata to a certain piece of land, called Matapihi No. 3, may be reheard (Tauranga lands). lam directed to report as follows: That the Native Minister having arranged that the Tauranga Lands Commissioner should rehear the case, the Committee has no recommendation to 10th July, 1885.

[Teanslation.] No. 428, Sess. 11, 1884.—Pukapuka-inoi a Baneiea te Hiahia me etahi atu e 34. E inoi ana nga kia-pitihana kia whakawakia nga kereeme a te Ipu raua ko Marata ki tetahi pihi whenua i Tauranga ko Matapihi No. 3. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: No te mea kua whakahaua te Komihana o nga whenua o Tauranga ete Minita Maori kia whakawakia tuaruatia tenei kehi. Kahore he kupu ate Komiti. 10 o Hurae, 1885.

No. 320, Sess. 18, 1884.—Petition of Mihaka Beeeeangi and 9 Others. Petitionees state that certain land between the Okutuku and Waitotara Blocks were leased by them to a European named Nicholson. They pray that he may pay them the rent himself, and not the Government. I am directed to report as follows : That the petition is vague, and, as the Committee has no evidence before it, there is no recommendation. 14th July, 1885.

' - [Teanslation.] No. 320, Sess. 11., 1884.—Pukapuka-inoi a Mihaka Beeeeangi me etahi atu e 9. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana i rihitia e ratou tetahi whenua i waenganui o Okutuku me te Waitotara Poraka ki te tahi pakeha ko Nikitini e inoi ana ratou kia utua nga moni o te reti e taua pakeha kaua ma te Kawanatanga. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kahore e marama te pitihana ai te mea kahore he korero whakamarama i te aroaro o te Komiti kahore ratou e whai kupu. 14 o Hurae, 1885.

No. 396, Sess. 11., 1884.—Petition of Hieeaka Tieipa Tueei and 2 Others. Petitionees state that certain lands called Taramarama and Buakitiri were bought by the Government, and that they have not yet received any money for such. I am directed to report as follows : That the petitioners were not found to be owners by the Native Land Court. (See decisions of Court published on pages 164-5 Kahiti of 1876, or the memorials of ownership in Crown Lands Office, Hawke's Bay, vol. i., folios 45 and 77.) The Committee has been informed that the petitioners were children and orphans at the time of the sitting of the Court, and that their interests were probably thus overlooked or sacrificed. They have no land anywhere. The Committee recommends that Government should make inquiry into this case and act with such consideration as may seem desirable. 14th July, 1885.

[Teanslation.] No. 396, Sess. 11., 1884.—Pukapuka-inoi a Hieeaka Tieipa Tueei me etahi atu 2. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana i hokona etahi whenua e te Kawanatanga e karangatia ana ko Taramarama me Buakituri, erangi kahore ano tetahi moni i riro i a ratou mo aua whenua. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kua kitea ote Kooti Whenua Maori kahore i whai take nga kai-pitihana. (Tirohia te whakataunga ate kooti i perehitia i runga i nga wharangi 164-5 Kahiti o te tau 1876, me .te memoriara whai take i roto i te Tari Whenua Karauna, i Haaki Pei, pukapuka i., wharangi 45 me 77.) Kua rongo te Komiti he tamariki nga kai-pitihana he pani itewa i tae ai te kooti, a kihai pea i ata tirohia o ratou panga ki te whenua a ngaro noa iho, Kahore o ratou

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