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No. 528.—Petition of Hoani Meihana.
Petitioner prays that the whole of the purchase-money received or to be received by the Government for the 7,625 acres, which was taken in excess of the quantity the Natives intended should be included in the sale of the Pahiatua Block, may be handed over to the Native owners. This petition is a repetition of petitions dealt with in 1891 and 1892. In 1891 the Committee reported as follows: "As the Government have received an area of land largely in excess of the 125,000 acres mentioned in the deed of conveyance in connection with the purchase of the blocks of land known as the Wairarapa end of the Seventy-mile Bush as agreed upon by petitioners, this Committee is of opinion that the above petition should be referred to the Government, with the recommendation that the petitioners should be paid at the rate of 10s. per acre for the 7,625 acres said by them to be the excess." In 1892 the report was as follows: "…that the Committee is of opinion the recommendation of last session should be carried into effect, and therefore recommend that this petition be referred to the Government with that end in view."
The Committee now wish to report that the matter has again been gone into, and that they are of opinion some compensation should be made to the petitioners. They also desire to express regret that the previous reports have not been given effect to.
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No. 528.—Pukapuka inoi a Hoani Meihana.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana ko nga moni katoa i riro mai e tika ana ranei kia riro mai i te Kawanatanga mo te 7,625 eka i tangohia i waho o nga eka i mea ai nga Maori ki te hoko a i whakaurua ki roto i te hoko mo te Pahiatua Poraka me tuku mai ki nga tangata Maori whai take ki aua moni. Ko tenei pitihana he pitihana i rite tonu ki te pitihana i whakahaerea i tau 1891 me te tau 1892. I te tau 1891 i penei te ripoata a te Komiti (ara) notemea kua riro mai i te Kawanatanga tetahi whenua nui atu i te 125,000 eka e whakahuatia ana i roto i te Tiiti tuku mo te hoko o etahi Poraka whenua e mohiotia ana ko te pito Ngaherehere o te Ngaherehere e whitu tekau maere te roa o Wairarapa a i whakaaetia e nga kai-pitihana e whakaaro ana tenei Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga me te tono kia utua nga kai-pitihana ki nga utu kia tekau hereni mo te eka mo te 7,625 eka e kiia nei e nga kai-pitihana i neke ake i nga eka i whakaaetia i te tua tahi: I penei te ripoata o te tau 1892 (ara) e whakaaro ana tenei Komiti me whakamana te tono o te Paremete kua hori nei a e tono ana tenei Komiti ki a tukuna tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia whakamana e ratou.
Na e hiahia ana te Komiti ki te ripoata kua whakahaerea ano taua take inaianei a e whakaaro ana ratou me tuku tetahi whakaritenga ki nga kai-pitihana, a e hiahia ana hoki ratou ki te ki e pouri ana ratou no te mea kihai i whakamana te ripoata tuatahi.