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Nos. 204, 416, and 260.—Petitions of Taonui Hikaka and 128 Others (No. 1), Hitiri te Paerata and 110 Others, and Te Papanui Tamahiki and 96 Others.
Petitioners, who claim to be owners in a block of land called Tauponuiatia, state that when the Court sat to adjudicate upon that land some of their people were unavoidably absent, and the land was awarded wrongfully to other Natives. Petitioners applied for a rehearing, which was refused. They now pray that a rehearing may take place.
I am directed to report as follows: That, as the matter is now under investigation by the Supreme Court, the Committee has no recommendation to make. [For evidence, vide I.-3d.]
[Translation.]
Nos. 204, 416, me 260.—Pukapuka-inoi a Taonui Hikaka me etahi atu 128 (Nama 1), a Hitiri te Paerata me etahi atu 110, a Papanui Tamahiki me etahi atu 96.
Ko nga kai-pitihana e ki ana he hunga whaitake ano ratou ki Tauponuiatia a i te whakawakanga o taua whenua i te Kooti e ngaro ana etahi o ratou a whakataua hetia ana ki etahi atu Maori. I tono ano nga kai-pitihana kia ara ano he whakawa tuarua, kihai i whakaaetia. E inoi ana inaianei kia whakaaetia he whakawa tuarua.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kei te whiriwhiria aua take e te Hupirimi Kooti no reira ka kore he kupu a te Komiti.