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[Translation.] Pitihana Nama 83/1931 a Wiremu Kingi Atetini ratou ko etahi atu Tokowhitu, o Ohinemutu. E inoi ana kia whakaorangia mo te taha kite Rahui o Ariki-Kapakapa. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata, notemea ko te Mema nana tenei pitihana i tapae kua whakaatu i tona hiahia kia untthia taua pitihana, e tohutohu ana te Komiti ko taua, pitihana me whakaae kia unuhia. 2 o Aperira, 1935.

No. 71/1931. —Petition of Tame H. Rehe and 56 Others, of the Chatham Islands. Praying that legislation be passed in respect of Rangitutahi and other islands. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make in regard to this petition. 2nd April, 1935.

[Translation.] Pitihana Nama 71/1931 a Tame H. Rehe ratou ko etahi atu e 56, o Wharekauri. E inoi ana kia paahitia he ture mo Rangitutahi me era atu motu. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata kaore kau he kupu tohutohu a te Komiti mo te taha ki tenei pitihana. 2 o Aperira, 1935.

Final Report. I have the honour to report that the Native Affairs Committee held its final meeting on 2nd April. The Committee, consisting of fifteen members, held twenty-six meetings during the session, the average attendance at each meeting being seven. . Including twenty-four petitions brought" forward from 1933, the Committee had before it sixty-seven petitions. Forty-one were reported on, and twenty-six are held over Parliamentary Papers Nos. 87, 88, 121, 124, 196, 197, and 204 were considered and reported on. The Native Purposes Bill, the Board of Native Affairs Bill, and the Maori Purposes Fund Bill were duly considered and reported on. „ , . Cecil H. Clinkard, Chairman. 2nd April, 1935.

[Translation.] Ripoata Whakamutunga. Ē whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i tu te hui whakamutunga a te Ivomiti mo nga Mea Maori i te 2 o nga ra o Aperira. I tenei tuunga o te Paremata e rua tekau ma ono nga huinga o te Komiti te maha o nga mema tekau ma rima te tikanga tokowhitu nga mema i tae mai ki ia hui. Hui atu ki nga pitihana e rua tekau ma wha i toe mai o te tau 1933 e ono tekau ma whitu nga pitihana i tae mai kite aroaro ote Komiti. E wha tekau ma tahi i ripoatatia a e rua tekau ma ono i puritia mo tetahi wa. Ko nga Pepa Paremata 87, 88, 121, 124, 196, 197 me 204 i whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia. 1 ata whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia te Pire mo nga Mahi Maori, te Pire mo te Poari mo nga Mea Maori mete Pire mo te Tahua Moni mo nga Mahi Maori. 2 o Aperira, 1935. Cecil H. Clinkard, Tiamana.

Special Report. I HAVE the honour to report that at a meeting of the Native Affairs Committee held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of April, 1935, the following resolution was unanimously carried- " That the Committee desires to place on record its high appreciation of the efficient and courteous manner in which the Chairman, Mr. Clinkard, has conducted the business of the Committee, and that this resolution be recorded in the minutes, and reported to the House." E. J. Howard, n , . A member of the Committee. 2nd April, 19-35.

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