No. 232.—Petition of Titihuia and Others.
Petitioners pray that an investigation may be made into the title of the Rimutauteka Block, near Waitara, for the purpose of giving them an opportunity of proving their right to be included therein.
page 12I am directed to report that the Committee find the title to the block in question was settled by the West Coast Royal Commission in 1884, but, as it is alleged the petitioners are without land, the Committee recommend that the Government make inquiries into their case and grant such relief as may be deemed necessary.
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No. 232.—Pitihana a Titihuia me etahi atu.
E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia whakawakia a Rimutauteka Poraka, e tata ana ki Waitara, kia ahei ai ratou ki te whakaatu i o ratou take e tika ai ratou kia whakaurua ki roto ki taua whenua.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, kua kitea e te Komiti ko tenei poraka na te Roiara Komihana o te Tai-hauauru i whakatau i te tau 1884, otira i te mea e kiia ana kaore kau he whenua o nga kai-pitihana, ki te whakaaro o te Komiti me uiui e te Kawanatanga te keehi a nga kai-pitihana, a mana e hoatu he ora mo nga kai-pitihana i runga i tana i kite ai he tika.