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Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei ki te whakaaro o tenei Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria e ratou. 22 o Akuhata, 1889.

No. 21, 1889.—Petition of Teoti Makitonoee and 10 Others (No. 1). Petitioners pray that a rehearing of the Native Reserves, Wairau and Pukatea, may take place, as they state the land has been wrongly awarded to other tribes. They also state that their elders urged that the land should not be alienated unless a reserve of sixty thousand acres were granted to them. I am directed to report as follows : That, in the opinion of the Committee, this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. , 22nd August, 1889.

[Translation.] No. 24, 1889. —Pukapuka-inoi a Teoti Makitonore me etahi atu (Nama 1). E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia whakawakia tuaruaatia nga rahui Maori i Wairau me Pukatea note .mea i whakataua hetia ki etahi atu iwi. Eki ana hoki ratou i tohe o ratou kaumatua kia kaua e hokona taua whenua kia rahuitia kia karaatitia rano kia ono tekau mano eka ma ratou. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei kua tau te whakaaro o tenei Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana ki to Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria e ratou. 22 o Akuhata, 1889.

No. 166, 1889.—Petition of Hohepa Pokiki and 2 Others. Petitioners pray that a rehearing of certain succession claims decided in the Wairau may take place, as they allege they are the rightful successors, but the land was awarded to others. 1 am directed to report as follows : That, in the opinion of the Committee, this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 22nd August, 1889.

[Translation.] No. 166, 1889. —Pukapuka-inoi a Hohepa Pokiki mo etahi atu tokorua. E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia whakawakia tuaruatia nga tono riiwhi i whakataua i Wairau. Eki ana hoki ratou ko ratou nga riiwhi tika mo taua whenua kua whakataua nei ki etahi atu. Kua whakahaua ahau kia penei: E whakaaro ana tenei Komiti mo tuku tenei pitihana ki to Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria e ratou. 22 o Akuhata, 1889.

No. 25, 1889.—Petition of Teoti Makitonoee and 10 Others (No. 2). Petitioners, who are members of the Rangitane Tribe, residing at Wairau, state that the judgment of the Court which sat on the 23rd March, 1889, was wrong, and they pray that a rehearing may take place. I am directed to report as follows : That, in the opinion of the Committee, this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 22nd August, 1889. ———

[Translation.] No. 25, 1889.—Pukapuka-inoi a Teoti Makitonore me etahi atu (Nama 2). No te iwi o Rangitane nga kai-pitihana nei a ko to ratou kainga kei Wairau, a e mea ana ratou i he te whakataunga ate Kooti i noho nei ite 23 o nga ra o Maehe, 1889. Heoi e inoi ana ratou kia whakawakia tuaruatia taua whenua. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: E whakaaro ana tenei Komiti me tuku tenei pitihaua ki to Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria o ratou. 22 o Akuhata, 1889.

No. 27, 1889.—Petition of Himiona Tahikaka. Petitioner states that he leased a section of land to a European, and he now wishes to sell the land to that European, and asks for authority to do so. I am directed to report as follows ; That, in the opinion of this Committee, this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 22nd August, 1889. —

[Teanslation.] No. 27^ 1889.— Pukapuka-inoi a Himiona Tuhikaka. E ki ana te kai-pitihana i rihitia e ia tetahi whenua ki tetahi pakeha a e hiahia ana ia iuaianei ki te riihi i taua whenua ki aua pakeha mo te tono kia tukuna tetahi mana ki aia kia peratia e ia. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei c whakaaro ana tenei Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria o ralou. 22 o Akuhata, 1889.

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