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No. 279, Session II.—Petition of Hemi Tautari.
Petitioner states that for sis years he has conducted a school for Native girls, and that the buildings have been erected by himself, with assistance from the Government. That Sir George Grey and Mr. Sheehan promised that a piece of Crown land, containing about 16 acres, situated between the Kawakawa Railway and the river, would be granted to him and his successors in trust as an endowment for the said school. That on the faith of the promise petitioner has enlarged his school buildings, and he prays that effect may be given to this promise.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the attention of the Minister of Education be called to the petition, with a recommendation that the laud referred to be reserved for general educational purposes.
[Translation.]
No. 279, Session II.—Te Pukapuka-inoi a Hemi Tautari.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana kua ono tau ia e whakahaere ana i tetahi kura mo nga tamariki wahine a nga Maori, na ko nga whare nana tonu i whakaara a kihai tetahi wahi i riro ma te Kawanataga. I whakaae ano a Ta Hori Kerei raua ko Te Hiana ki te tuku ake kia karaatitia ki a ia me nga riiwhi o muri i a ia tiaki ai hei oranga mo taua kura tetahi piihi o te whenua Karauna kia 16 eka, e takoto ana i waenganui o te Rerewe o te Kawakawa me te awa. Na no runga i taua whakaae kua whakanuia e te kai-pitihana nga whare o tona kura a e inoi ana ia kia whakamanaia taua whakaaetanga.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Kia whakamaharatia atu tenei pitihana ki te Minita whakahaere mo nga kura, me tenei kupu atu kia rahuitia taua whenua mo nga tikanga kura.