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[Translation] Pitihana Nama 75 a Riri Piko, o Otewa E Inoi ana kia whakamanaia te Kooti Whenua Maori kite mahi ota kai-riiwhi ki nga paanga whenua a taonga o Kura Taumoa, kua mate. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata kite whakaaro o te Komiti ko tenei pitihana me tuku kite Kawangatanga kia uiuia. J. B. Cotterill, Tiamana. 10 o Oketopa, 1946.

Special Report I have the honour to report that at its final meeting the Maori Affairs Committee unanimously passed the following resolution : " That this Committee desires to express its regret that Mr. Lowry, Chairman for some years, has been compelled through illness to retire from the Committee and its hope that he will speedily recover. " The Committee further desires to record its high appreciation of the fair, courteous, and impartial manner in which its Chairman, Mr. Cotterill, has conducted the business of the Committee during the session." A. J. Murdoch, a Member of the Committee. 10th October, 1946.

[Translation] Ripoata Motuhake E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i te hui whakamutunga a te Komiti mo nga Mea Maori ka paahitia te motini e whai ake nei:— " Ko tenei Komiti e hiahia ana kite whakaatu i tona pouri mo te mutunga o Mr. Lowry i tona turanga i roto ite Komiti, he Tiamana ia no taua Komiti i nga tau ka taha nei, i runga i te mate i pa ki tona tinana a i tona tumanako kia tere tona ora mai i taua mate. " Ko te Komiti e hiahia ana kia tuhituhia ki roto i nga pukapuka tona whakanui mo te mohio mete pai o te whakahaere a te Tiamana a Mr. Cotterill i nga mahi a te Komiti i te wa e tu ana te Paremeta." A. J. Murdoch, Mema o te Komiti. 10 o Oketopa, 1946.

Final Report I .have the honour to report that the Maori Affairs Committee, consisting of eighteen members, held sixteen meetings during the session, with an average attendance at each meeting of eight members. Including nineteen petitions brought forward from last session, the Committee carefully considered forty-three petitions ; thirty-nine were reported on to the House and four are held over. One parliamentary paper, the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Claims Settlement Bill, the Ngaitahu Trust Board Bill, and the Native Purposes Bill were duly considered by the Committee and reported on. J. B. Cotterill, Chairman. 10th October, 1946.

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