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No. 257.—Petition of Hone Paratene Tamanuiarangi and Others.
Petitioners pray that the promise made by Mr. Rolleston, that the Kaiapoi Natives should not have less than sixty-five acres of a reserve near the sea-coast, may be given effect to.
I am directed to report as follows: That this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry.
16th September, 1885.
[Translation.]
No. 257.—Pukapuka-inoi a Hone Paratene Tamanuiarangi me etahi atu.
E inoi ana te kai-pitihana kia whakamana te whakaaetanga kia kaua e hoki iho i te 65 eka nga eka ma nga Maori i te taha o te Moana.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Ko tenei pitihana me tuku ki te Kawanatanga kia pataia nga tikanga e ratou.
16 o Hepetema, 1885.