No. 479, 1902. —Petition of Taituha Hape and Others.
Petitioners pray that the question of validity of lands passing under Native wills may be inquired into and set at rest.
I am directed to report that the Committee reiterates the recommendation made on similar petitions in 1899—viz., that a case should be stated as soon as possible by the Appellate Court for submission to the Supreme Court, in order to test the validity of Native wills in regard to Native lands under all classes of restriction.
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No. 479, 1902. —Pitihana a
Taituha Hape me etahi atu.
E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia uiuia mehemea e whai mana ana te mahi e takua nei nga whenua i raro i te wira, a kia tino whakataua taua putake.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki kenei, ka whakahuatia ano e te Komiti ana kupu tohutohu i whakaputaina nei e ia mo enei tu pitihana i te tau 1899, ara, me tere tonu te whakatakoto he keehi e te Kooti Piira Maori, ka tuku atu ki te Hupirimi Kooti, nei whakamatau mehemea e whai mana ana nga wira Maori mo nga whenua Maori e hereherea ana te tuku i raro i nga tu here katoa.