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Nos. 16 and 171, Sess. II., 1884; Nos. 61 and 81.—Petitions of Renata Ropiha, Hera Tuhungahunga, and 15 Others; Renata Ropiha, and Renata Ropiha and Others.
Petitioners pray that the back rents, with accrued interest thereon at 10 per cent. per annum (as agreed), for the Himatangi Block may be paid over to them, as the hapus to which they belonged refused to join in the deed of cession to the Crown; in consequence of which the rent-money has been impounded ever since.
I am directed to report as follows: (1.) That the petitioner applied for the back rents and interest accrued on the Himatangi Block prior to the passing of the Himatangi Crown Grants Act. page 21
(2.) The condition that all claim to this money was to be waived in consideration of the petitioners getting the land was not adopted. (3.) The Government admitted the principle that the money on account of rents, &c., was due, and this is proved by their having placed a sum upon the estimates for that purpose. (4.) The report of the Native Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council in 1883 fairly meets the merits of this case. (5.) Your Committee therefore recommend that the claim for accrued rents and interest should be discharged in full by the Government, and that the propriety of reimbursing the expenditure and discharging the reasonable liabilities incurred by the petitioners in this matter should be considered in a liberal spirit. (For Minutes of Evidence, see I.-2a.)
[Translation.]
Nos. 16 me 171, Sess. II., 1884; Nos. 61 me 81.—Pukapuka-inoi a Renata Ropiha, a Hera Tuhungahunga me etahi atu 15; a Renata Ropiha, a Renata Ropiha me etahi atu.
E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia utua kia ratou nga moni reti o Himatangi me nga inatareti i runga i aua moni i whakaaetia ra i mua no te mea kihai o ratou hapu i whakaae ki te haina i te tiiti hoko ki te Kawanatanga no reira whakatarewatia ana nga moni reti o te whenua taea noatia tenei ra.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: (1.) I ata tono nga kai-pitihana kia puta nga moni reti me nga hua o mua noa atu i te paahitanga o te Ture Karauna karaati o Himatangi. (2.) Kahore i whakapumautia kia whakakorea taua moni reti mehemea ka whakahokia taua Himatangi ki aua kai-pitihana. (3.) I whakaae ano te Kawanatanga ki te tikanga utu inahoki i hoatu tetahi moni pera ki roto i nga pukapuka moni o te Paremete mo runga mo taua mea. (4.) Ko te ripoata i puta i te Kaunihera i te tau 1883 e tino whakarite pai ana i nga ritenga mo taua mea. (5.) No reira ka tono atu to koutou Komiti kia utua katoatia e te Kawanatanga nga reti i herea ra me nga inatareti i runga i aua moni kia ata whakaarohia e te Kawanatanga i runga i te ngakau aroha me te ngakau nui mehemea ranei e tika aua kia utua nga moni a nga kai-pitihana i pau i runga i o ratou whakahaere i o ratou take.