No. 53.—Petition of Wiremu Katene te Mapu and 11 Others (No. 2).
Petitioners complain that Judge Wilson, in September, 1880, not only adjudicated (on a rehearing) upon Paengaroa North, but subdivided it. They ask for a rehearing, upon the ground that the lands ought not to have been subdivided.
page 8I am directed to report as follows:—
That in this case there is a legal difficulty which the Committee is informed cannot be removed without legislation. As it is proposed to ask Parliament to provide for this and some other special cases this session, the Committee simply recommends that this petition be referred to Government for consideration.