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Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1888.

[No. 164, Sess. I., 1887.—Petition of George Thoms.]

No. 164, Sess. I., 1887.—Petition of George Thoms.

Petitioner, a half-caste, asks for the restitution of his rights to certain lands granted by the Ngatitoa Tribe to his father, mother, and himself, but which, owing to the death of his mother, have passed into the exclusive enjoyment of his father's family by a second wife, a European.

I am directed to report as follows: That this petition should be referred to the Government for consideration.

10th July, 1888

[Translation.]
No. 164, Sess. I., 1887.—Pukapuka-inoi a Hori Tame.

Ko te kai pitihana he hawhekaihe e tono ana kia whakaurua ano ia ki tetahi whenua he mea hoatu e nga Ngatitoa ki tona matua me tona whea me ia ano hoki, no te matenga o tona whaea tona whaea ka riro atu taua whenua i tona matua, tane, me ana tamariki a tana wahine tuarua he wahine pakeha.

Kua whakahaua ahu kia ki penei: Me tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria.

10 Hurae, 1888