[Translation. ]
No. 247.—Pitihana a Hiraani Nopera me etahi atu tokowha.

E ki ana nga kai-pitihana no te tau 1871 ka whakataua e te Kooti Whenua Maori e 8,000 eka o Mangaorapa ki a Atareta Taupe me tona hapu, no muri mai nei i runga i tetahi take, ehara nei i te tino take, whakaitia hetia ana nga eka kia 5,000 noa iho, a i te mea ko ratou nga kai-riiwhi mo Atareta Taupe, e inoi ana ratou kia whakatikatikaina taua mea.

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Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, ki te whakaaro a te Komiti mo tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia uiuia, a ki te kitea he tika nga kupu o taua pitihana, hei reira me whakahaere he tikanga hei whakatikatika i taua mate i runga i te aronga kua tohutohungia nei e te Tumuaki Kai-whakawa o te Kooti Whenua Maori i roto i tana ripoata ki te Komiti mo runga i tenei putake.