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No. 521.—Petition of Horiana Hone and 33 Others.
Petitioners say that the Paeroa East Block was awarded to them by the Land Court which sat at Whakatane in October, 1882; that a rehearing was granted and heard at Maketu in June, 1883, and that this resulted in the land being vested in persons who had arranged to convey it to a European. This they attribute to the fact that lawyers were employed on the other side, whilst they were unrepresented. They pray for redress.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That this petition was presented towards the close of the session, and it is impossible to examine into it in the time at the disposal of the Committee.
[Translation.]
No. 521.—Pukapuka-inoi a Horiana Hone me etahi atu e 33.
E ki ana nga kai-pitihana ko Paeroa Poraka i te taha ki te Rawhiti i whakataua kia ratou e te Kooti Whenua Maori i noho i Whakatane ia Oketopa, 1882, a i whakaaetia kia whakawakia, tuaruatia a i whakawakia ia Hune, 1883, tona mutunga ka whakataua te whenua ki nga tangata i whaka ae ki te hoko ki te pakeha. E mea ana ratou ko te take i penei ai i mahi nga roia mo tera taha, na kahore he kaiwhakahaere i tu mo ratou. E inoi ana ratou mo tetahi tikanga e ora ai to ratou mate.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Kua tata te mutu te Paremete ka tahi ka puta ake tenei pitihana, heoi kihai i ahei te Komiti ki te whiriwhiri.