No. 332, Session II.—Petition of Arama Karaka.
Petitioner prays that the laws of the Europeans should not affect the deep-sea fisheries and pipi-beds, because the Europeans have only a right to the dry land; that the Native Office should not be abolished; that Assessors should not be dispensed with; that the requests of the Maoris should not be refused by the Government.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Committee has no recommendation to make, believing it to be a matter to be decided by the Law Officers and the law-courts.
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No. 332,
Session II.—Te Pukapuka-inoi a
Arama Karaka.
E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia kaua e whai-mana nga ture a te pakeha mo nga hiinga moana, me nga wahi pipi no te mea heoi ano to wahi e whai-tikanga ana nga pakeha ko nga wahi ki uta; kia kaua e whakakorea te Tari Maori; a kia kaua e whakakorea nga tono a nga Maori e te Kawanatanga.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Kaore he kupu a te Komiti e whakaaro ana ratou he mea ke ma nga apiha o te ture e whakatuturu a ma nga kooti.