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No. 230, Session II.—Petition of Porikapa and 4 Others.
Petitioners state that a Native Land Court was held in the year 1866, by which a piece of land called Papa-a-hinu was wrongfully taken from them and secured to the Government. They never received notice of the sitting of the Court; consequently, when they got there they were told that they were too late. This land, they assert, was not included in the confiscated land. Its area is about 200 acres. They have constantly applied for a rehearing.
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. 230, Session II.—Te Pitihana a Porikapa me etahi atu e 4.
E ki ana nga kai-pitihana i tu tetahi Kooti Whenua Maori i te tau 1866 i tangohia hetia tetahi whenua ko Papa-a-hinu i a ratou whakataua atu ana ki te Kawanatanga. Kaore i puta ake he panui o taua Kooti ki a ratou, a tae rawa atu ratou kiia ake ana kua tureiti. E ki ana ratou kaore taua whenua i uru ki roto ki te raupatu a ko ona eka e 200. Ta ratou mahi he tono kia whakawakia-tuaruatia.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
E pouri ana te Komiti mo te poto o te takiwa i a ratou hei tirotirohanga tika ai te whakatau kupu mo runga i nga putake korero o roto i tenei pitihana.