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Report on Petition of Karaipi te Puke and 2 Others, and from all the Hapu of Ngatikikopiri.
Petitioners pray that inquiry be made into matters connected with certain reserves at Waiwiri, between Manawatu and Otaki, in the Province of Wellington.
They assert that the land was not properly surveyed, and pray that the right amount of land be given to them.
I am directed to report as follows:—That, in the absence of evidence, the Committee have no opinion to offer.
John Bryce,
Chairman.
[Translation.]
Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Karaipi te Puke me ona hoa e 2 Me Te Hapu Katoa o Ngatikikopiri.
E inoi ana nga kai-inoi kia kimihia nga tikanga o etahi porowhita kei Waiwiri i waenganui o Manawatu o Otaki i te Porowini o Werengitanga.
E ki ana ratou kahore i ruritia tikatia te whenua, a e inoi ana ratou kia hoatu ki a ratou te wahi tika o te whenua.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—He kore kororo whakatuturu i kore ai te Komiti e whai kupu.
John Bryce,
Tumuaki.