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No. 144 of 1881.—Petition of Pineamine Tuhaka and 136 Others.
Petitioners state that they were owners of Pakatipu-o-te-Ngaere, Poverty Bay District, sold to the Crown; that at the time of sale it was arranged that certain persons should receive the purchase-money for distribution to those entitled to share in it; that the persons thus appointed did not distribute the money. They pray that either land or money should be given to them.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That, in its dealings with the land referred to, Government seems to have been quite regular, and paid to each grantee the due proportion of the purchase-money. One of the petitioners, Iritana Ngawiki, is one of the grantees. The Committee has no recommendation to make.
[Translation.]
No. 144 of 1881.—Pukapuka-inoi a Pineamine Tuhaka me etahi atu e 136.
E Ki ano nga kai-pitihana no ratou tetahi whenua ko Papatipu-o-te-Ngaere te ingoa e takoto ana i te takiwa o Papata Tei, a i te wa i hokoa ai he mea whakarite etahi tangata hei kai-tango i te moni hoko kia whakaratongia ki nga tangata e tika ana hei tango i aua moni, a kihai i whakaratongia e aua kaitango taua moni. E inoi aua ratou kia wahia atu tetahi wahi o taua whenua ranei, kia utua atu ranei ki te moni a ratou take.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
I a ratou whakahaerenga katoa mo runga i te whenua kua korerotia nei i tika te mahi a te Kawanatanga, me te utu atu i nga moni ki ia tangata o roto o te Karaati e tika ana ki a riro i a ia. Ko Iritana Ngawiki tetahi o nga Kai-pitihana, a ko ia ano hoki tetahi o nga tangata o roto o te Karaati. Kahore he kupu a te Komiti.