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1920. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1918. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PETITION NO. 489/1917, RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSORS TO INTERESTS OF HONE KEETI IN POKURU BLOCK.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 5 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1918.

Chief Judge's Office, Wellington, 19th May, 1920. Re Pokuru.—Petition 489 of 1917. I forward the report of the Native Land Court, dated the 7th May, 1920, under section 5 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1918. You will note that the representatives of the petitioner wish to abandon that petition, as inquiry has taken place on a later one. Probably the fact that the matter has already been legislated on had been overlooked. In view of the report I recommend that no further action be, taken upon such petition. R. N. Jones, Chief Judge. The Hon. Native Minister, Wellington. Office of the Native Land Court, Auckland, 7th May, 1920. Pohurit Block. — Petition No. 489/17, of Ani Keeti, referred for Inquiry and Report in terms of Section 5, Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1918. The petitioner is dead. Her agent, Roka Hopere, desires to report that the representatives of deceased wish to abandon this petition. They have lodged a further petition (No. 336/19) which you inquired into yourself at Te Kttiti in January last, and that inquiry has served their purpose. I report accordingly. Char. E. MacGormick, Judge. The Chief Judge, Native Land Court, Wellington.

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