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Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1881.

[No. 142 of 1881.—Petition of Wi Pere and 30 Others (No. 1)]

No. 142 of 1881.—Petition of Wi Pere and 30 Others (No. 1).

Petitioners pray that European and Maori Commissioners be appointed to inquire into disputes between the Government and individuals, as well as between hapus of the Maori race, and that within defined boundaries the Maori Commissioners should have equal powers with the Europeans in adjudicating upon lands.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That, this being a matter of public policy, the Committee has no recommendation to make.

22nd July, 1881.

[Translation.]
No. 142 of 1881.—Pukapuka-inoi a Wi Pere me etahu atu e 30 (No. 1).

E Inoi ana nga Kaipitihana kia whakaturia etahi Komihana pakeha me etahi Komihana Maori hei whakawa i nga raruraru i waenganui i te Kawanatanga me nga tangata noa iho, a i nga raruraru e tipu ana i waenganui i nga hapu o te iwi Maori; na i roto ano i etahi rohe tuturu kia rite tonu te mana o nga komihana Maori ki nga komihana pakeha ki te whakawa whenua.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

No te mea he tikanga tenei e pa ana ki nga whakahaere mo te katoa heoi kaore he kupu a te Komiti.

22 Hurae, 1881.