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Ruatoki No. 2 Block. (Area, 5,910 acres. Sixteen appeals.) Order of previous Commission contains the names of 558 persons, with a total of ... 4,167 shares. The interests of 2 persons to be reduced by ... ... ... ... ... 30 ~ 4,137 „ 73 new names to be added to the order, with... ... ... ... ... 309 ~ The interests of 16 persons to be increased by ... ... ... ■■• 56 ~ Totals, 631 persons ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 4,502 ~ Ruatoki No. 3 Block. (Area, 6,800 acres. Sixteen appeals.) Order of previous Commission contains the names of 603 persons, with a total of ... 4,382 shares. The interests of 2 persons to be reduced by ... ... ... ... ... 30 ~ 4,352 ~ 28 new names to be added to the order, with... ... ... ... ... 141 ~ The interests of 4 persons to be increased by ... ... ... ... ... 24 ~ Totals, 631 persons ... ... ... ■■■ ••■ ■•• 4,517 ~ We have the honour to submit to you the foregoing recommendations in regard to each of the three above-mentioned blocks respectively for your consideration and decision, and we herewith also transmit the minute-books containing the judgments of the Native Land Court and the Native Appellate Court herein mentioned, in case you should desire to peruse or refer to the said awards. The seven persons whose names are hereunder set out are the persons who have been selected by the owners of the land from amongst their number and proposed by them to be the members for the llapu Committees for the Rautoki Nos. I, 2, and 3 Blocks, and agreed to by all the owners present before this Commission sitting at Whakatane on the Bth day of March, 1907: — 1. Numia te Ruakariata. 5. Hohia te Ahikaiata. 2. Te Pouwhare te Roau. 6. Wati te Wakaunua. 3. Te Whetu te Paerata. 7. Te Paoro Tangohau. 4. Akuhata te Kaha. D. F. G. Barclay. Paratenb Ngata. The Hon. James Carroll, Minister of Native Affairs.

[Translation.] RIPOATA. TE RIPOATA a nga Komihana o te Takiwa Rahui Maori o te Urewera kite Honore Timi Kara, Minita mo nga mea Maori, mo runga i nga Piira c wha tekau ma iwa mo Ruatoki No. 1, No. 2, me No. 3 Poraka, i tukua ki a raua hei Uiuitanga a hei Ripoatatanga hoki i runga i te Panuitanga i perehitia ki roto kite Kahiti o Niu Tireni i whakaputaina i te 10 o nga ra o Hanuere, 1907, i raro i nga tikanga o Tekiona 10 o " Te Ture Rahui Maori o te Takiwa o te Urewera, 1896." E Hoa, — Poneke, te 10 o nga ra o Hune, 1907. I runga i te mea ko maua nga Komihana i whakaturia c koe i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 10 o " Te Ture Rahui Maori o te Takiwa o te Urewera, 1896," hei whakahaere i te uiuinga matau i whakahaua nei c koe kia whakahaerea mo runga mo nga piira—timata atu i te Nama 173 tae noa kite Nama 221—m0 Ruatoki Nama 1, Nama 2, me Nama 3 Poraka, i panuitia nei i roto i te Kahiti o Niu Tireni o te 10 o nga ra o Hanuere, 1907, me te tuku ripoata atu ki a koe mo runga i aua piira hei whiriwhiritanga a hei whakataunga iho hoki mau, i runga ano i nga kupu c mau na i taua tekiona 10. No reira kei te whai honore maua kite ripoata atu ki a koe, penei:— I whakapuaretia c maua te uiuinga mo Ruatoki Nama 1, Nama 2, me Nama 3 Poraka, i te aroaro o tenei Komihana, c noho ana ki Whakatane, i te 4 o nga ra o Pepuere, 1907, a i hikitia atu taua uiuinga i taua ra kite ono o nga ra o Pepuere, 1907, a ka whakahaeretia ano taua uiuinga i taua ra me nga ra i muri iho tae noa kite 7 o nga ra o Maehe, 1907 (otira i te mahi ano te Komihana i etahi wa i waenganui i aua ra kua kiia ake nei kite whakahaere i etahi atu keehi, i roto i te Takiwa Rahui Maori o te Urewera, c takoto ana i o maua aroaro hei uiuinga ma maua) ; a i muri mai o taua ra whakamutunga i whakahuatia ake nei c mahi ana maua i runga i to maua turanga Komihana kite uiui i nga piira mo etahi atu poraka whenua i roto i taua Takiwa Rahui o te Urewera, me te mahi i ta maua ripoata hei whiriwhiritanga a hei whakataunga iho hoki mau. Ko nga tuhituhinga o nga whakahaerenga me nga korero i homai kite aroaro o tenei Komihana tenei ka tukua tahitia atu nei. I runga i a maua uiuinga me a maua whiriwhiritanga c whai honore ana maua kite tuku atu ki a koe i tenei ripoata me nga kupu tohutohu c whai ake nei mo runga mo aua piira i tukua mai nei kia maua hei uiuitanga, a c mau nei i roto i te kupu apiti kite panui i perehitia i roto i te Kahiti o Niu Tireni o te 10 o nga ra o Hanuere, 1907. E koa ana maua kite whakaatu atu ki a koe ko nga tangata katoa o nga keehi i tautohetohe nei ki o maua aroaro nui atu te pai me te ngawari o to ratou ahua, mai o te timatanga a mutu noa te whakahaerenga o tenei uiuinga.