Nos. 464 and 626 (1908).—Petitions of Tutange Waionui and 46 Others, and T. Maui Onekura and 2 others, of Pariroa.
Petitioners pray that certain burial-places and a fishing-ground in the Patea district, of which the petitioners have wrongfully been dispossessed, be returned to them.
I am directed to report that, in the opinion of the Committee, these petitions should be referred to the Government for immediate inquiry.
[Translation.]
Nos. 464 me 626 (1908).—Pitihana a Tutange Waionui me etahi atu e wha tekau mo ono, me T. Maui Onekura me etahi atu tokorua, o Pariroa.
E inoi ana mo etahi urupa tupapaku me tetahi wahi mahinga ika kei te takiwa o Patea, e ki nei nga kai-pitihana i tangohia hetia atu i a ratou, kia whakahokia atu ano ki a ratou.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata, ki te whakaaro a te Komiti me tuku atu enei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia uiuia i naianei tonu.