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No. 144, Sess. I.—Petition of Henare Pukuatua and 8 Others.
Petitioners complain that they suffer great inconvenience and hardship through the frequent adjournments of the Native Land Court by Mr. Brabant, who is also the Resident Magistrate of the district. They pray that he may be relieved of his office as Resident Magistrate until their titles are settled.
I am directed to report as follows: That the attention of the Government be called to the inconvenience caused by adjournments of the Native Land Court in order to enable the Judge or Recorder to attend to other duties, and that it is desirable to make such arrangements in future as will prevent loss or inconvenience in consequence to the Natives attending sittings of the Court.
[Translation.]
No. 144, Sess. I.—Pukapuka-inoi a Henare pukuatua. me etahi atu tokowaru 8.
E Whai kupu ana nga kai-pitihana mo te nui o te mate e tau ana ki runga kia ratou i runga i te maha o nga nukuhanga o te Kooti Whenua Maori e. te Paramena Kaiwhaka tuturu o taua takiwa, e inoi ana ratou kia unuhia mai ia i tona tari kia oti rano a ratou take te whakatau.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Me whakamahara atu ki te Kawanatanga i te nui o te mate e pa ana i runga i te mahi whakanukunuku tonu o te Kooti Whenua Maori kia watea ai te Tiati ki te mahi i etahi mahi ke atu. A ko te mea e hiahia nuitia ana kia kaua e penei te whakanukunuku tonu a mua ake nei kei tau ano he mate ki runga ki nga Maori e kawe ana i a ratou keehi ki te Kooti.