No. 30 of 1881.—Petition of Henare Potae.

Petitioner speaks for himself and others, and says that by the Native Land Court, sitting at Turanga, they had been excluded from the list of owners of Waingaromia No. 2 Block; he complains that at the second Court held at Turanga, on the 5th March, 1880, the Europeans were allowed to employ lawyers; that "persons who had a claim to the land were not allowed to speak; "and that the sitting Judge had decided in favour of the original award. The petitioner asks Parliament to devise some way by which he and his tribe may be reinstated in their rights.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That this case has been twice before the Courts, the second upholding the decision of the first, and there seems to be no legal power in the Government to grant a rehearing.

[Translation.]
No. 30 of 1881.—Pukapuka-inoi a Henare Potae.

E Whai kupu ana te kai-pitihana mona ake me ona hoa, a e whakaatu ana i te tunga o te Kooti Whenua Maori i Turanga kahore ratou i whakaurua ki te rarangi ingoa o nga tangata whaitake ki Waingaromia Nama 2; a e whakahe ana hoki ia i te tunga tuarua o te Kooti ki Turanga i te 5 o nga ra o Maihe, 1880, notemea i whakaaetia kia tu he roia ma nga pakeha. a ko nga tangata whaitake ki te whenua kihai i tukua kia korero, a whakataua ana e te Kai-whakawa i runga ano i te whakataunga tuatahi a te Kooti. E tono ana hoki te kai-pitihana kia kimihia e te Paremete he huarahi e puta ai o ratou take.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

Kua tuarua nga kootitanga o enei take, whakataua ana e te Kooti tuarua i runga ano i ta te Kooti tuatahi; a kaore he mana i te Kawanatanga i raro i te Ture ki te whakaae kia wakawakia ano.