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No. 376, Session II.—Petition of Susannah Sorensen.
Petitioner says that she, her sister and brother, petitioned Parliament in 1877 with reference to their claim to a portion of the Hopuhopu Block, in Waikato; but the Committee, owing to the difficulty of getting evidence, requested the Government to make inquiries. An extract from Mr. Clarke's letter shows that an inquiry was made, but petitioners assert that they did not know about the inquiry. Previous to the war petitioner's father took them to reside at Waiuku. That after the war the land was confiscated. A Compensation Court was held, and many persons in the same position as petitioner received grants. Petitioner has four children, and is left without land.
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. 376, Session II.—Te Pitihana a Huhana Horehene.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana i pitihana ratou ko tona teina me tona tungane i te tau 1877 ki te Paremete mo to ratou take ki tetahi wahi o te Poraka o Hopuhopu i Waikato engari he kore no te Komiti kaore i kaha i te rarurara ki te kimi korero tonoa ana ma te Kawanatanga e uiui. Ko tetahi wahi o te pukapuka a te Karaka e whakaatu ana i uiuia ano engari kihai ratou nga kai-pitihana i mohio. No mua atu i te whawhai ka mauria ratou e to ratou papa ki Waiuku. No muri i te whawhai ka raupatutia taua whenua. I tu ano teta Kooti whakawa taonga ngaro a ko etahi tangata penei ano te ahua i whakawhiwhia ki te karaati. E wha nga tamariki a te kai-pitihana a kaore ona whenua.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
E pouri ana te Komiti mo te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga e tika ai te whakatau kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana.