Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1879, No. 2.

[No. 117, Session I.—Petition of Henare Kaihau and Ahipene Kaihau.]

No. 117, Session I.—Petition of Henare Kaihau and Ahipene Kaihau.

The petitioners claim compensation for the loss of the great canoe "Toki-a-tapiri," taken and injured during the war.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the owners of the canoe were entitled, as loyal Natives, to compensation for its loss; and the Committee recommend that the sum of £700 be granted in satisfaction, to be reduced by any amount which may appear to have been paid on account of this claim.

22nd October 1879.

Translation.
No. 117, Session I.—Pukapuka-inoi a
Henare Kaihau me Ahipene Kaihau.

E tono ana nga kai-pitihana kia utua raua mo te pakarutanga o te waka nui o "Toki-a-tapiri," i mauria, i taka kinotia i te tatiwa o te whawhai.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

No te mea ko nga tangata nona taua waka, he tangata piri pono ki te Kuini, a e tika ana kia utua raua mo taua waka. E mea ana tenei Komiti ko nga moni hei whakaritenga mo taua waka kia whitu rau pauna (£700) a ki te kitea ake i muri nei kua utua ano etahi moni mo taua waka me tango ano i roto i enei moni (£700).

Oketopa 22, 1879.