Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1885.

[No. 320, Sess. II., 1884.—Petition of Mihaka Rererangi and 9 Others.]

No. 320, Sess. II., 1884.—Petition of Mihaka Rererangi and 9 Others.

Petitioners state that certain land between the Okutuku and Waitotara Blocks were leased by them to a European named Nicholson. They pray that he may pay them the rent himself, and not the Government.

I am directed to report as follows: That the petition is vague, and, as the Committee has no evidence before it, there is no recommendation.

14th July, 1885.

[Translation.]
No. 320, Sess. II., 1884.—Pukapuka-inoi a Mihaka Rererangi me etahi atu e 9.

E ki ana nga kai-pitihana i rihitia e ratou tetahi whenua i waenganui o Okutuku me te Waitotara Poraka ki te tahi pakeha ko Nikitini e inoi ana ratou kia utua nga moni o te reti e taua pakeha kaua ma te Kawanatanga.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kahore e marama te pitihana a i te mea kahore he korero whakamarama i te aroaro o te Komiti kahore ratou e whai kupu. 14 o Hurae, 1885.