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No. 121 of 1882.—Petition of Henare Tomoana.
Petitioner gives a list of Maori burial-places upon leased land in the Napier District, and prays that provision be made to prevent any one from using or destroying them.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Government has no interest in or control over any of the lands named, and therefore the Commitiee can only express the general view that Native burial-grounds ought to be respected.
[Translation.]
No. 121 of 1882.—Pukapuka-inoi a Henare Tomoana.
E Whakaatu mai ana te kai-pitihana i te rarangi o nga urupa e tu ana i runga i nga whenua riihi o roto i te takiwa o Nepia, na he inoi tana kia whakaritea tetahi tikanga hei arai i te tangata kei whakakino i aua urupa.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Kaore te Kawanatanga i te whaitake i te whaimana ranei ki runga ki nga whenua e whakahuatia ana i roto i te pitihana, no reira ka mutu tonu te kupu a te Komiti, ki tona mahara me whakaaro pai te tangata ki nga urupa Maori.