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Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1897.

[No. 79.—Petition of Te Hata Moutara and 28 Others.]

No. 79.—Petition of Te Hata Moutara and 28 Others.

Petitioners pray that Europeans may be prevented from prospecting over their lands for gold and other minerals.

I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government, with the request that the Natives be informed that no person has the right to prospect over Native lands without the permission of the owners.

11th November, 1897.

[Translation.]
No. 79.—Pitihana a Te Hata Moutara me etahi atu e rua tekau ma waru.

E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia kaua nga Pakeha e whakaaetia kia haere ki runga ki o ratou whenua kimi ai i te koura i etahi atu kohatu utu nui ranei.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, ki te whakaaro o te Komiti me tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga, me te ki atu kia tukuna atu he kupu whakaatu ki nga Maori, ara, kaore te tangata e tika kia haere ki runga ki nga whenua Maori kimi koura ai ki te kore e matua whakaaetia e nga tangata nona te whenua.

11 o Noema, 1897.