Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1894.

The Native Land Claims and Boundaries Adjustment and Titles Empowering Bill

The Committee recommends:—

1. That the Bill be allowed to pass as amended.
2. That provision be made by a new clause to prevent any more of the Horowhenua land—viz., Horowhenua No. 6 Block, containing 4,620 acres, situated in the Waiopehu Survey District, being the whole of the laud comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title, vol. xlviii., folio 245, of the register-book of the Wellington District; Horowhenua Nos. 11A and 11B Blocks, containing together 14,975 acres, situated in the Moutere, Mount Robinson, Waitohu, and Waiopehu Survey Districts, being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate, vol. xlviii., folio 249, of the register-book of the Wellington District—being sold until after the end of next session of Parliament. Part of the moneys in the hands of the Government, being the purchase-money of other parts of the Horowhenua Block, may be retained until the end of next session, and none be paid unless the Government is certain that there is sufficient land belonging to Warena Hunia which can be used, in case of judgment against him, to satisfy the claims of the tribe.
3. That a Royal Commission be appointed as soon after this session as possible to investigate and ascertain who are the Maoris entitled to the disputed land in the Horowhenua Block.

16th October, 1894.