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

[No. 141, Session I.—Petition of the Hon. Robert Campbell.]

No. 141, Session I.—Petition of the Hon. Robert Campbell.

The petitioner states that in 1876 a large number of Maoris took up their residence for about six weeks on a run in the Provincial District of Otago, of which he is the pastoral lessee, to his great injury and annoyance; that since that period they have occupied an adjoining run, but that they still continue to injure the petitioner by trespassing upon his property. The petitioner alleges that he would long ago have taken steps to remove the Maoris, but that he has trusted to the promises of the Government that they would do so. He prays for relief.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Natives having been removed from the lands in question in September last, and that seeming to be what the petitioner requires, this Committee has no recommendation to make.

29th October 1869.

No. 141, Session I.—Te Pukapuka-inoi a Hon. Robert Campbell.

E ki ana te kai-pitihana no te tau 1876 tokomaha nga Maori i noho mo nga wiki e ono ki runga ki tetahi rana e takoto ana i roto i te Takiwa Porowini o Otakou, ko ia hoki ko te kai-pitihana te kairiihi o taua rana, na kanui te raruraru me te mate i pa ki a ia i taua takiwa e noho ana ra nga Maori.

Kua eke atu ratou ki runga ki tetahi whenua ke atu e tata ana ki reira, engari e kino tonu ana te whenua o te kai-pitihana i a ratou te haerere i runga. E ki ana te kai-pitihana kua anga noa atu ia ki te pana i nga Maori, engari he whakarongo nona ki nga korero a te Kawanatanga i mea ma ratou e pana.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

No te mea kua panaia nga Maori i runga i taua whenua i te marama o Hepetema kua hori nei, a, koi na hoki ta te kai-pitihana e hiahia ana heoi kaore he kupu tohutohu a te Komiti.

Oketopa 29, 1879.