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No. 234.—Petition of Hone Mohi Tawhai and Others (No. 2).
Petitioners, who claim to be the owners of a block of land called Tukituki, state that some years ago a portion of the said block was sold to a European for powder, guns, and blankets, of which he only supplied half. He willed the land to Penetita when he died. As he did not pay all he promised for the land, they now ask that that land, all but sixty-three acres, may be returned to them.
I am directed to report as follows: That this petition should be postponed until next session.
[Translation.]
No. 234—Pukapuka-inoi a Hone Mohi Tawhai me etahi atu (Nama 2).
E ki ana nga kai-pitihana e whai take ana ratou ki tetahi whenua e karangatia nei ko Tukituki a i mua noa atu ka hokona tetahi wahi o taua whenua ki tetahi Pakeha mo to paura me te pu mo te page 26
paraikete erangi ko tetahi wahi anake o aua taonga i tukua mai e taua Pakeha. I muri iho i te mea ka tata ia te mate ka wirangia e ia taua whenua kia Penetita. A i te mea kihai i tukua kotoatia mai e ia nga taonga i whakaaetia e ia mo te whenua. E tono ana nga kai-pitihana kia waiho kia 63 eka ma Penetita ko te toenga me whakahoki inai ki a ratou.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Me nuku te korero mo tenei pitihana mo a tera Paramete.