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[Translation.] ko te kupu a te komiti mo runga i te pukapuka-inoi a james nelson wllliams. E ki ana te Kai-inT)i ko ia te kai-whakahaere mo Frederick Nelson raua ko William Nelson na raua nei i riihi i te tau 1867, i nga Maori i Karauna karaatitia ai i te tau 1866, etahi whenua kei te Porowini o Hawke's Bay. E ki ana hoki ia i mate tetahi o nga tangata o te Karauna karaati, ara a Karamoa Pohatu i te wa kahore ana i taea c ia te tuhi i tona ingoa kite riihi, a ko tona riiwhi ko Peni te Ua kahore c whakaae ana ki taua riihi mo te wahi c whai tikanga nei ia ahakoa utua tonutia te moni o te reti ki a ia i nga wa tika. E ki ana te Kai-inoi i tika tonu i whai mana tonu taua riihi i mua atu o te whakatuturutanga o " Te Ture Whenua Maori, 1869," otira no to hokinga o te mana o te 12 o nga rarangi o taua Ture ki mua c kiia ana kei te awangawanga te tv i runga i ta te Ture a nga tangata kei a raua te riihi a kua kiia atu ki a ia tera c mahia i runga i te Ture he tikanga c Peni te Ua te riiwhi o Karamoa Pohatu hei pana i nga tangata i a raua te riihi i runga i te wahi i a Karamoa Pohatu i mua. E ki ana te Kai-inoi notemea i tika tonu i whai mana tonu te tv a Frederick Nelson raua ko William Nelson i runga i te tikanga o te Ture i mua atu o te whakatuturutanga o "Te Ture Whenua Whenua Maori, 1869," me hanga he tikanga hei whakakahore i nga awangawanga mehemea kua puta ake mo te ritenga o te mana o taua rarangi 12 o taua Ture a c inoi ana ia mo taua mea. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu kite Whare: —Kahore o kitea ana kua taea to wa c marama ai kia tono te Kai-inoi kia whai tikanga te Paremete, notemea kahore c kitea ana c whai tikanga whakahe ana te Ture inaianei kite paanga kua whakaaturia mai, a ko te mea marama kia waiho aua tv mea kia whakaotia c nga ritenga whakawa. John Brtce, Hepetema 26,1876. . Tumuaki.

Report on the Petition of Tapa te Waero, a Chief of the Ngarauru Tribe. The petition consists of 27 clauses, in which is set forth the proceedings and conduct of the Ngarauru tribe between the years 1865 and 1875. The petitioner describes the claims of his hapu to certain confiscated lands near the Waitotara River, and the acts of ownership which he and his friends have peformed. He alleges that although his tribe joined Titokowaru in 1868, in his war against the Europeans, they did so under compulsion, and that they succeeded in saving the lives of several Europeans on that occasion; and that, moreover, their offence of fighting against the Queen was atoned for subsequently by serving with the Europeans against Te Kooti. The petitioner states that a few months ago he took possession of land at Okotuku, near his old cultivation, and that proceedings were taken against him in the Supreme Court at Wanganui for doing so. On that occasion the Judge recommended him not to take the law into his own hands, and that pursuant to that advice he now petitions Parliament, and prays that a searching inquiry be made into his case. The Committee have taken the evidence of the petitioner on the allegations of the petition, and have also examined Mr. Wi Parata, the Hon. Wi Tako, Major Kemp, the Hon. Sir Donald McLean, and Captain Wray, the Commissioner for Confiscated Lands at Patea. I am directed to report as follows : —That the Committee recommend that inquiry be instituted into the case of the petitioner, with a view to ascertaining whether the allegation made by him, that his hapu have not been provided with land in the Waitotara district on which to settle, is or is not correct. And further, if it should appear that the original intention of the Government to provide sufficient land for the settlement of the Ngarauru tribe, near their old cultivations, has not been carried out in respect to this particular hapu, the Committee recommend that laud be provided for tho settlement of the petitioner's hapu as far as practicable, in accordance with such original intentions. John Brtce, 27th September, 1876. Chairman. [Translation.] Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Tapa te Waero, he Rangatira no Ngarauru. E rua tekau ma whitu nga rarangi o tenei pukapuka-inoi c whakaaturia ana i roto nga whakahaere me nga mahi a te iwi Ngarauru i waenganui o nga tau 1865,1875. E whakaaturia ana c te kai-inoi nga take o ratou ko tona hapu ki etahi whenua c tata ana kite awa o Waitotara, i tangohia mo te hara o te iwi, c whakaaturia ana hoki nga tikanga mahi a ratou ko ona hoa. E ki ana ia ahakoa i uru tahi tona iwi ki a Titokowaru i te tau 1868, i tana whawhai ki nga Pakeha, he mea whakawehiwehi i uru ai, a i whakaorangia c ratou etahi Pakeha i taua wa ; a i murua ta ratou hara whawhai ki a te Kuini i runga i ta ratou urunga tahitanga ki nga Pakeha kite whawhai ki a Te Kooti. E ki ana te kai-inoi i nohoia c ia i roto i nga marama kua pahure tata atu nei tetahi whenua kei Okotuku c tata ana ki ana mahinga kai o mua a i tv te whakawa mona i roto i te Hupirimi Kooti ki AVhanganui mo taua mahi ana. I taua wa i kite Kai-whakarite Whakawa ki a ia kia kaua ia c pokanoa kite tango i te Ture ki roto ki ona ringaringa, a i runga i taua kupu tohutohu kua tuku pukapuka-inoi mai ia kite Paremete a c inoi ana ia kia kimihia rawatia te tikanga mona. Kua whakarangona c te Komiti nga korero a te kai-inoi mo runga i nga kupu o te pukapuka-inoi, kua uiuia hoki aWi Parata, a Wi Tako, a Meiha Keepa, a Ta Tanara Makarini, me Kapene Rei, te Komihana whakahaere o Patea mo nga whenua i tangohia mo te hara o te iwi.