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Report on Petition of Reha Aperahama.
This petition has reference to a land dispute at Hauraki, which, as is alleged by the petitioner, almost resulted in an appeal to arms. It is stated in the petition that the persons who stirred up the strife are paid Assessors of the Government, and the petitioner thinks it wrong to continue to pay public money to these two Assessors.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That, in the opinion of this Committee, the Government ought to cause inquiry to be made into the allegations of the petitioner, and if it be found that the Assessors referred to in the petition have really improperly stirred up strife, that public money should cease to be paid to them.
John Bryce,
Chairman.
[Translation.]
Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Reha Aperahama.
Ko te tikanga o tenei pukapuka-inoi mo tetahi raruraru whenua kei Hauraki, e kiia ana e te kai-inoi ora iti kua mau patu. E kiia ana i roto i te pukapuka-inoi ko nga tangata na raua i whakakaha te raruraru he Ateha utu a te Kawanatanga, a e whakaaro ano te kai-inoi e he ana te utu i te moni a te iwi ki aua Ateha e rua.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—
Ko te whakaaro o tenei Komiti ma te Kawanatanga e kimi te tikanga o nga kupu a te kai-inoi, a mehemea ka kitea e tika ana ano i tuturu te urunga a nga Ateha i whakahuatia ra i roto i te pukapuka-inoi ki te whakakaha i te raruraru, me mutu te utu i nga moni o te iwi ki a raua.
John Bryce,
Tumuaki.