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No. 172, 1891, Seas. II.—Petition of Waata Tohu.
Petitioner prays that authority may be granted for the sale to him of Section 11, Mangatainoka Block, in order that he may have a compact block of 100 acres for himself and people at their pa.
I am directed to report that this Committee is of opinion that the above-mentioned petition should be referred to the Government, with the recommendation that Section 11 of the Mangatainoka Block be put up to auction loaded with the value of the improvements which are stated to have been made thereon by the petitioner, in order that he may have an opportunity of purchasing what has been his ancestral land. The Committee further consider that it would not be desirable to include this section in any special settlement so as to prevent the acquisition of the land by the petitioner should he be prepared to pay the auction price for it.
[Translation.]
No. 172, 1891, Sess. II.—Pukapuka-inoi a Waata Tohu.
E Ki ana te kai-pitihana kahore ia e ahei te whakaoti i tana take kia rite ai hoki te rahi o tana piihi ki te 100 eka mona ake me tona iwi i to ratou pa.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: E whakaaro ana te Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga me te tono kia tukuna te tekiona 11 o te Mangatainoka Poraka kia akihanatia me te whakaeke ano hoki i nga utu o nga whakapainga e kiia nei kua mahia e te kai-pitihana ki runga i taua tekiona, kia ahei ai ia te hoko i te whenua o tona tupuna. E whakaaro ana hoki te Komiti e kore e tika kia whakaurua tenei tekiona ki roto i etahi kainga motuhake hei arai i te kai-pitihana kei hokona e ia taua whenua, ara mehemea e pai ana ki te utu i nga utu e karangrangatia ana i te akihanatanga.