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Native Lands Fbauds Prevention Acts Amendment Bill. The Native Affairs Committee, to whom was referred The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Acts Amendment Bill, have the honour to report that they have duly considered the Bill, and recommend that it be allowed to proceed, subject to the amendments, as shown in the copy of the Bill attached hereto. 30th August, 1889.

[Teanslation.] Tube Whakatikatika i te Tube Aeai Hoko Tahae Whenua Maoei. E whai honore ana te Komiti mo nga mea Maori i tukuna nei ki a ratou te Ture Whakatikatika i te Ture Arai Hoko Tahae Whenua Maori ki te ripoata kua ata whiriwhiria e ratou taua Pire, a kua tono ratou kia tukuna kia mahia taua Pire i runga ano ia i nga whakatikatikanga e whakaaturia ana i roto i te tauira o taua Pire a e piri ana hoki ki taua Pire. 30 o Akuhata, 1889.

Native Land Court Acts Amendment Bill. The Native Affairs Committee, to whom was referred the above Bill, have the honour to report that they have duly considered same. They recommend that it be allowed to proceed, subject to the amendments, as shown in a copy of the Bill attached. 4th September, 1889. ■

[Translation.] Te Piee Whakatikatika i te Tube Kooti Whenua Maoei. E whai honore ana te Komiti mo nga mea Maori ki te ripoata koia nei hoki te Komiti i tukuna ai taua Pire kia whiriwhiria kua whiriwhiria o ratou taua Pire. A e tono ana ratou kia tukua kia mahia te Pire i runga i nga menemana e piri ana ki te tauira o taua Pire. 4 o Hepetema, 1889.

Auckland and Onehunga Native Hosteleies Bill. The Native Affairs Committee, to whom was referred the Auckland and Onehunga Native Hostelries Bill, have the honour to report that they have gone through the Bill, and recommend that it be allowed to proceed, subject to the amendments shown in the copy of the Bill attached hereto. sth September, 1889.

[Translation.] Whaee Manuwhiei Maoei i Akaeana me Onehunga. E whai honore ana te Koiniti mo nga mea Maori koia nei hoki te Komiti i tukuna ai te Pire mo te Whenua Manuhiri Maori i Akarana me Onehunga ki te ripoata kua whiriwhiria e ratou taua Pire a e tono ana kia tukuna kia mahia i runga ano i nga menemana e piri ana ki te tauira o taua Pire. 5 o Hepetema, 1889.

Ngaeaea and Waipieo Further Investigation Bill. The Native Affairs Committee, to whom was referred The Ngarara and Waipiro Further Investigation Bill, have the honour to report that they have gone through the Bill, and recommend that it be allowed to proceed, subject to the amendments shown in the copy of the Bill attached hereto. sth September, 1889.

[Teanslation.] Whakawa mo Ngaeaea me Waipieo. E whai honore ana te Komiti mo nga mea Maori koia nei hoki te Komiti i tukuna ai te Pire whakahaere whakawa mo te Ngarara me Waipiro Poraka ki te ki kua whakahaerea e ratou nga take o te Pire a e tono ana kia tukuna kia mahia taua Pire i runga i nga menemana e piri ana ki te tauira o te Pire. 5 o Hepetema, 1889.

No. 449, 1889. —Petition of Apeeahama Tipae and 3 Others. Petitioners are members of the Ngatiapa Tribe. They state that they have an ancestral title to a. large strip of land between the Whangaehu and Tural'rina Eivers; that the land in question was divided into eighteen blocks, and the Native Land Court, in fixing the titles, applied a different principle to the particular block in which petitioners are interested to that applied to other blocks ; that the petitioners have suffered injustice thereby, and have been refused a rehearing of the case. They pray that the decision of the Native Land Court, which heard the case, and also the decision of the Chief Judge, who refused a rehearing, may be reviewed. I am directed to report : (i.) That the main allegations in the petition have been proved. (2.) That the case be reheard before the Native Land Court, and that Government introduce the necessary legislation to allow, that to be done. (3.) That, in the opinion of this Committee, the principle of equity requires that Native customs should be adhered to in dealing with the block in the same way as it was observed in the other seventeen blocks adjudicated on under the same deed of cession. 13th September, 1889.

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