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No. 27 of 1881.—Petition of Hura and 3 Others.
Petitioners state that their lands are on the north of the Whananaki, Bay of Islands, and are within the district sold to Government by Tipene Hari and others; that they bought this land in 1846 from Hoterene Tawatawa for money and property valued together at £31; that, notwithstanding the protest of the petitioners, the land was included in the survey, and passed into the hands of Government, and is now occupied by Europeans. The petitioners pray that their land may be marked out and a Crown grant issued to them for it.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Government is now inquiring into the rights of the petitioners, and the Committee has only to recommend an early settlement of their claims, if any.
[Translation.]
No. 27 of 1881.—Pukapuka-inoi a Hura me etahi atu 3.
E Ki ana nga kai-pitihana ko to ratou whenua kei te taha ki raro o Whananaki, i Pewhairanga, a kei roto i te takiwa i hokona e Tipene Hari me etahi atu ki te Kawanatanga; I hokona e Hoterene Tawatawa kia ratou mo etahi taonga me etahi atu mea i rite ki te £31. Na i whakaurua tenei whenua ki roto ki te ruritanga a te Kawanatanga, kihai i whakarongona te whakahe a nga kai-pitihana, riro atu ana te whenua a kei te nohoia e te pakeha. E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia wehea ta ratou whenua kia tukua hoki te Karauna karaati kia ratou.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Kei te whiriwhiria e te Kawanatanga nga take o nga kai-pitihana, no reira ka tono atu te Komiti kia hohoro te whakaoti o ratou take mehemea ra e whaitake ana.