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Report on Petition of Patoromu Waituri and Others.
Petitioners state that their land, Titirangi, Poverty (?) Bay, has been stolen for reclamation purposes. They allege that they consented to stones being taken for the repair of a road, and that advantage was taken of that consent to steal the land. And they pray that this affliction, which was brought upon them in August last by Mr. Locke, may be redressed.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the idea expressed by the petitioners that their land has been stolen for reclamation purposes seems to have arisen from a mere examination of the land by the engineer of the Borough of Gisborne; but the Committee are convinced that there is no intention on the part of the local authorities to take the land or stone referred to unlawfully.
John Bryce,
Chairman.
[Translation.]
Ko te kupu a te komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Patoromu Waituri me etahi atu.
E ki ana nga kai-inoi kua tahaetia to ratou whenua i Titirangi, Turanga, hei tanu. E ki ana ratou i whakaae ratou kia tangohia nga kowhatu hei whakapai i te rori, engari ko taua whakaaetanga i kiia he take tahaetanga i te whenua. A e inoi ana ratou kia whakaorangia ratou i runga i tenei mate i whakapangia ki a ratou e Raka i a Akuhata kua pahure ake nei.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—
Ko te whakaaro a nga kai-inoi kua tahaetia to ratou whenua kua tupu ake pea i runga i te tiro-hanga kautanga o te whenua e te kai-ruri o te taone o Turanga. Engari e tuturu ana te mahara o te Komiti kahore he whakaaro a nga tangata whakahaere o reira ki te tango he i te whenua i nga kowhatu ranei.
John Bryce,
Tumuaki.