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No. 36, Session II.—Petition of Meiha te Wheoro.
Petitioner states that a Proclamation in Gazette No. 29, page 227, sets forth that all friendly Natives should assist Lieutenant-General Cameron in locating soldiers on the Waikato River to protect the people dwelling there peaceably. They obeyed the request. After the fighting was over they found the Government had confiscated their land. The land returned to petitioner was only in accordance with the Government idea. Petitioner prays, on behalf of himself and the hapus of Waikato, to have the land wrongfully confiscated returned to them.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Committee regret that the time at their disposal has not been sufficient to enable them to make such inquiries as would justify them in reporting an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition.
[Translation.]
No. 36, Session II.—Te Pukapuka-inoi a Meiha te Wheoro.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana i puta tetahi pauui i roto i te Kahiti No. 29, wharangi 227, i mea ko nga Maori ata noho me huri ki te awhina i a Tianara Kamerana ki te whakanohonoho i nga hoia i Waikato hei tiaki i nga tangata e noho pai ana i reira. I whakarongo ratou nga Maori ki taua kupu tono. Na, i te mutunga o te whawhai, kitea ana e ratou kua rau-patutia e te Kawanatanga o ratou whenua. Ko te whenua i whakahokia mai ki te kai-pitihana i whakahokia mai i runga anake i te whakaaro anake a te Kawanatanga. No reira ka inoi te kai-pitihana mo te taha ki a ia me nga hapu o Waikato kia whakahokia ake ki a ratou nga whenua i he to rau-patutanga.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
E pouri ana te Komiti mo te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei ata tirotirohanga pai ma ratou, a hei whakataunga i tetahi kupu mo runga i nga putake o tenei pitihana.