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No. 37, 1902. —Petition of Te Ara Takana and Another.
Petitioners pray for investigation into their claims to land within the confiscated area in the Waikato district.
I am directed to report that, having due regard to all the circumstances, and having considered the laws under which confiscations were made during the time of war, the Committee is of opinion that it would be unwise and improper to open grave questions of State which have been firmly settled and decided publicly for many years, and therefore, in so far as the petition aims at a reinvestigation of confiscated-land claims, it has no recommendation to make; but any claims founded on mistake or injustice might be dealt with by the Government on the merits of each individual case when considering the question of making provision for landless Natives.
[Translation.]
No. 37, 1902. —Pitihana a Te Ara Takana me tetahi atu.
E inoi ana kia whakawakia o raua kereme ki etahi whenua i uru ki roto ki te rohe o te raupatu o te takiwa o Waikato.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, i runga i te ata titiro ki nga aronga, katoa me te ata whiriwhiri i nga ture i raupatutia ai nga whenua i te wa o te whawhai, heoi, ki te whakaaro o te Komiti he mahi pohehe, ara, kaore e tika kia whakatuwheratia nga take taumaha e pa ana ki te koroni kua oti noa atu nei te whakatau me te whakatuturu i te aroaro o te iwi katoa mo nga tau maha noa atu, na reira, mo runga mo te tono a te kai-pitihana kia whakawakia ano ana kereme ki nga whenua raupatu, kaore kau a te Komiti kupu; engari ko nga kereme i whakataua hetia a ahei ana era kia whakahaerea e te Kawanatanga i runga ano i nga take tika o ia tangata a te wa e whakaarohia ai e te Kawanatanga etahi tikanga mo nga Maori kore whenua.