No. 155, 1902. —Petition of Hohepa Peneamine and 23 Others.
Petitioners object to a water-channel which is being cut across their lands in Waihoa district, South Island.
I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition should be referred to the Government, with a view to having the interests of the Natives properly protected.
[Translation.]
No. 155, 1902. Pitihana a Hohepa Peneamine me etahi atu e rua tekau ma toru.
E whakahe ana nga kai-pitihana ki te korere wai e karia nei ma runga i o ratou whenua i te takiwa o Waihoa, Te Waipounamu.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, ki te whakaaro o te Komiti me tuku tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga me te mea atu kia tiakina tikatia nga paanga o nga Maori ki taua whenua.