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No. 144, Sess. II.—Petition of Tapata Harepea and 5 Others.
Petitioners pray that, when the leases of the land run out, the land may revert to them (the owners) to cultivate it for their own benefit, and not be dealt with by the Public Trustee.
I am directed to report as follows: That this Committee recommend that, as the leases fall in, the Public Trustee should not re-lease without the consent of the Native owners.
25th November, 1887.
[Translation.]
No. 144, Sess. II.—Pukapuka-inoi a Tapata Harepeka me etahi atu e 5.
E Inoi ana nga kai-pitihana ina mutu te riihi o a ratou whenua me hoki atu kia ratou (ara) ki nga tangata whai take kia ahei ai ratou te ngaki hei oranga mo ratou, me kaua e retia atu ano e te Kaitiaki o te Tokomaha.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: E tono ana tenei Komiti kia kaua e tukua he riihi hou e te Kaitiaki o te Tokomaha (ara) ki te kore nga tangata whai take e whakaae.
25 o Nowema, 1887.