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Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1880.

No. 201 of 1878; No. 350 of 1880.—Petition of Wirihana Tekeha and 27 others

No. 201 of 1878; No. 350 of 1880.—Petition of Wirihana Tekeha and 27 others.

Petitioners speak on behalf of the Ngatinaho Tribe. They state that they lost their property during the Waikato war in 1863; that they were loyal, and helped the Government; that they left their page 38homes, relying upon the Proclamation which secured the loyal Natives their land and property, but when they returned from the war, they found all gone; that their claims were investigated by Mr. Beckham, R.M., who, on 31st January, 1868, decided that they should receive compensation according to law; that they have not received such compensator. They pray for redress.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Government be recommended to seek for legislation early next session, in order to insure that justice should be done in this and similar cases of very great hardship.

28th August, 1880.