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No. 301, Sess. II, 1884.—Petition of Michael Mullooly.
Petitioner states that in 1881 he legally purchased from the Native owners a block of land named Tuawhatu No. 1a, and paid cash for it; that a Native, not the original owner, applied to the Native Land Court to make the land inalienable for purchase, and succeeded in so doing. Petitioner prays for redress, as at present he is without either the land or the money he paid for the same.
I am directed to report as follows: That the removal of restrictions is a matter entirely at the option of the Governor, and the Committee does not deem it necessary to interfere with advice in the present case.
[Translation.]
No. 301, Sess. II., 1884.—Pukapuka-inoi a Maikara Maruri.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana i hokona tikatia e ia i nga Maori tetahi poraka whenua nama 1a i te tau 1881 i karangatia nei ko Tuawhatu i utua monitia e ia. A i tono tetahi Maori Kihai i whai take ki taua whenua i mua kia herea te whenua kei hokona a i mana taua tikanga ana. E inoi ana te kaipitihana ki tetahi ora mona no te mea kua kore te whenua i aia, kua hoki nga moni i utua e ia mo taua whenua.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Ko te unu here i runga i te whenua he mea ma te Kawana anake e whakaae no reira kahore te Komiti e pokanoa ki te whai kupu i runga i nga korero mo tenei keehi.