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No. 53, Session II.—Petition of Tini Kerei Taiaroa.
Petitioner states that in the year 1859, Taiaroa, who died in 1863, gave her a piece of land containing 100 acres, and that in the year 1868, at the sitting of the Native Lands Court, Patoromu caused a division of that land to be made, giving to Kiti Pana 50 acres, and 50 acres to Riki Pana, without petitioner's consent. Crown grants have been issued to them. Petitioner prays that Parliament may institute some clear way of settling this difficulty.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That this being a question of succession to an estate, it can only be settled in the ordinary Courts, and the Committee therefore has no recommendation to make.
[Translation.]
No. 53, Session II.—Te Pukapuka-inoi a Tini Kerei Taiaroa.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana na Taiaroa i mate ra i te tau 1863 i hoatu ki a ia i te tau 1859, tetahi piihi whenua 100 eka te nui. Na no te tau 1868 i tu te Kooti whenua Maori a wahia ana e Patoromu taua whenua hoatu ana ki a Kiti Pana e 50 eka, ki a Riki Pana e 50 eka, e hara i te mea na te kai-pitihana i whakaae kia peratia. E inoi ana te kai-pitihana kia whakahaerea e te Paremete tetahi huarahi marama e oti ai tenei raruraru.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
No te mea he whakatu riiwhi ke tenei mea mo tetahi tangata mate i roto i tetahi whenua a ma te Kooti anake e oti ai, no reira kaore he kupu tohutohu a te Komiti.