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they have received no such moneys. They pray the House to cause all money received from such sources, on their behalf, to be paid to them, otherwise they express a fear that they will be compelled to close their land from further operations. I am directed to report as follows: —The Committee recommend that the Government should consider the matter, with a view to giving some facilities to Mr. Graham to have any points in dispute settled by reference to some competent tribunal. John Brtce, 24th October, 1876. Chairman. [Translation.] Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a etahi Maori whai Whenua i Hauraki. E ki ana nga Kai-inoi i whakatapua he wahi mahinga kai mo ratou i te whakatuwheratanga o te whenua koura i Hauraki otira kua riihitia kua tukua atu aua wahi c ratou i runga i to ratou whakakaaro ka whiwhi ratou ki nga maina-raiti katoa c puta mo reira, otira c ki ana ratou kahore ano he moni pera i puta ki a ratou. E inoi ana ratou kite Whare kia kiia kia utua ki a ratou nga moni katoa c puta ana i aua mea, kite kore, c whakaputa ana ita ratou kupu pouri kei tutakina c ratou to ratou whenua kei mahia a mua ake nei. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu kite Whare: —E mea ana te Komiti ma te Kawanatanga tenei mea c whiriwhiri kia whai huarahi ai aTe Kereama kite tuku atu i nga take c tautohetia ana ma tetahi runanga whakawa whai mana c whakaoti. John Brtce, Oketopa 24, 1876. Tumuaki.

Report on Petition of Members of the Ngaiterangi Tribe. The petitioners are members of the Ngaiterangi tribe, and state that they inherit through their mother a block of land in the Tauranga District of 13,000 to 15,000 acres, that such land was confiscated in consequence of the rebellion of their tribe, and that the petitioners are dissatisfied with the quantity of land awarded to them for settlement, and pray the House to grant them additional quantities. I am directed to report as follows: —-The petitioners have not offered any evidence in support of their claim, and such inquiries as the Committee have been able to make of officers of the Government are not favourable to the petitioners. Under the circumstances, the Committee cannot see their way to making any specific recommendation upon the subject-matter of this petition. John Brtce, 24th October, 1870. Chairman. [Translation. ] ko te kupu a te komiti mo runga i te pukapuka-inoi a nga tangata o ngaiterangi. No Ngaiterangi nga Kai-inoi c ki ana ratou c whai paanga ana ratou na to ratou whaea, ki tetahi whenua kei Tauranga tona nui 13,000 eka 15,000 ranei, ko taua whenua i tangohia mo te hara o to ratou iwi a c ki ana nga kai inoi kahore ratou c pai kite wahi i whakaritea hei nohoanga mo ratou a c inoi ana ratou kite Whare ki a apititia ano he whenua. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu kite Whare: —Kahore a nga kai-inoi korero i whakapuakina hei whakakaha i to ratou tono a ko nga mea i taea te patai c te Komiti ki nga Apiha o te Kawanatanga, kihai i marama i runga ite taha ki nga kai-inoi. I runga i enei tikanga kahore te Komiti c marama kite whakaatu i tetahi kupu tuturu ma ratou mo nga kupu o tenei pukapuka-inoi. John Brtce, Oketopa 24, 1876. Tumuaki.

Report on Petition of Henrt Robert Russell. The petitioner states that in November, 1872, he obtained from two Natives of Hawke's Bay a memorandum of charge on certain land in that province, as security for money advanced, and that this deed was duly executed and registered as an instrument not coming within the provisions of " The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870;" that about eight months subsequently, an Act of the Assembly was passed entitled " The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment Act, 1873," which, by retrospective action, provided that instruments of the nature of that executed in favour of the petitioner should be deemed to come within the provisions of "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870," and that thus the petitioner has been deprived of his security. He therefore prays for relief. I am directed to report as follows: —This Committee is of opinion that no sufficient cause has been made out for interfering with the provisions of "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment Act, 1873." John Brtce, 24th October, 1876. Chairman. [Translation.] Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Henrt Robert Russell. E ki ana te kai-inoi i tuhia c etahi Maori tokorua o Ahuriri tetahi pukapuka i nga ra o Nowema 1872 he whakaaetanga kia whakataua tetahi whenua kei te porowini o Haaku Pei (Hawke's Bay) hei punga mo etahi moni i tukua atu c ia, ko taua pukapuka i whakaotia i tauiratia i runga i te tikanga o nga pukapuka kahore c uru ana ki nga tikanga o " Te Ture Arai i nga tuku he i nga whenua Maori, 1870." E waru marama ki muri o tenei ka hanga c te Paremete tetahi Ture tona ingoa ko "Te Ture Whaka-