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Session 11. 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1921-22. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PETITION No. 61/1920, RELATIVE TO PARTITION OF KOURATEUWHI 1e 1b.

Presented to Parliament in pursuance of Section 35 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1921-22.

Native Department, Wellington, 23rd November, 1922. Re Petition No. 61/1920 — Kourateuwhi le lb. Pursuant to section 35 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1921-22, I forward herewith report of the Native Land Court hereon. In view of that report I recommend that no further action is necessary. The Hon. Native Minister, Wellington. R. N. Jones, Chief Judge.

Native Land Court and Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board Office, Gisborne, 17th October, 1922. Re Petition No. 61, of Te Rarua Hairini, praying for a Reheariwj of the Partition of Kourateuwhi le lb. I have the honour to inform you that your reference with regard to this matter was advertised for hearing at Tolaga Bay on the 11th instant. The petitioner, Rarua Hairini, is dead, but his representatives were present with the other owners, and a settlement of the point in dispute was arrived at. It was arranged that the Court should cancel the partition under section 121 of the Act of 1909 and repartition the land. This was done, and the representatives of the petitioner exprosssed themselves as satisfied. Jas. W. Browke, Judge. The Chief Judge, Native Land Court, Wellington.

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