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Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— Ko te piihi whenua eki nei nga kia-pitihana no ratou c tae ana kite 20 eka me te i te nui; Ite tau 1851 ka ruritia c Te Pirihe tetahi poraka, kei roto tenei rahui i taua poraka. Ko te mapi aTe Pirihe me ana tuhituhinga i runga ite ruri tenei ano. E kitea ana, ko te rohe ote rahui ko te rama tonu ote taha ote ngaherehere no reira i kopikopiko ai. No muri iho ka whakatakotoria ano tetahi rama i riro ai te whenua o tetahi taha ki tetahi. taha, a o tetahi ki tetahi, engari ko te nuinga ano i riro kite taha ki nga Maori. No muri i tenei ka roherohea nga paanga o nga Maori ka riro i taua hapu te piihi i tawahi atu o Waipawa ; I pai atu ki a ratou te rama a Te Pirihe i te rama hou ; he maha nga tau kaore he raruraru, otira no te rironga rawa ote whenua i a Haringi i runga ite Karauna karaati. Koia hoki te tangata kei a ia i naianei te whenua i runga i te ture; katahi ano nga Maori ka mea no ratou te whenua i runga i ta ratou noho i runga, i te mea hoki kaore te rama o te Karauna karaati i rite ki te ruri ote wahi i hoko ai ratou. No te Tari ruri te he i raruraru ai taua mea. Ko tetahi piihi c 5 eka c 28 paahi i tangohia c te Karauna karaati no roto ke hoki taua piihi i te wahi i rahuitia mo nga Maori. Na ko tetahi wahi 15 eka 1 ruri e24 paahi kua nohoia noatia atu c nga Maori i mua i runga i te whakaaro no ratou ano taua piihi a kaore i hokona kite Kawanatanga. E hara aTe Haringi ite tangata tuatahi iaia te Karauna karaati engari he mea hoko nana. No tona kitenga kaore ia i tukua atu ki runga kite whenua i hokona ra c ia katahi ia ka anga atu ki nga Kooti kia whakatikaia ia. Puta ana te ota ate Kooti kia riro ano ia ia tana, otira kihai i whaitikanga taua ota no te mea te kaha te pirihimana Heriwhi kite whakahaere i te warati. Ia Tihema, 1875, ko Te Hiana te roia o nga Maori i whakaae ia mo te taha ki a ratou, tuhituhi rawa, ara; mehemea a Haringi ka whakakore i ona whakawa etu ana i taua takiwa, tera ano c utua tetahi hawhe o nga moni i pau i runga i aua whakawa, aka tukua atu ano ki aia te whenua. Kaore i whakaae nga Maori ki tenei whakaritenga. Ia Maehe, 1880, ka mea atu aTe Paraihe Minita mo te Taha Maori ki nga Maori tera ia c hoatu c £200 ki a ratou mehemea ka whakakorea c ratou o ratou take kite whenua; na i whakaae ano a Haringi kia ono marama c tukua atu ki nga Maori hei hikitanga atu i o ratou whare me o ratou taonga i runga i taua whenua ; koia nei ano te huarahi pai hei whakaoti i taua raruraru mehemea ra i whakaae nga Maori. E rua nga huarahi c puare nei hei whakaoti i tenei raruraru. Kotahi tenei; me rapu mana te Kaw Tanatanga i runga i tetahi ture kia ahei ai ia te whakanoho i nga Maori ki runga kite piihi paku c mohiotia nei no ratou, a, me te whakahaere ano i te Ture hei pana i a ratou i runga i te toenga atu o taua whenua c whakaarohia ana c hara i a ratou. Mehemea ka peneitia ka tika ano kia utua a Haringi mo tera wahi ka tangohia ra i roto i tona Karauna karaati, a mo ana moni hoki i ngaro noa ra i runga i ona tohenga ki tona whenua. Ko te rua o nga huarahi koia tenei; me hanga he Ture eTe Paramete hei tango i taua whenua tautohe katoa, na, ka karaati atu i te wahi c tika ana ki nga Maori, me te utu ano hoki i a Haringi i runga i enei take : (1) mo tona whenua, (2) mo te whakararurarutanga i a ia, a (3) mo ana moni i pau i a ia c hapai ana i tona take kite whenua. Na i mua atu i te tukunga o te whenua ki nga Maori me whakamarama atu i te tuatahi me mutu rawa, ta ratou whakararuraru i a Haringi. No te mea c kitea ana i he te putanga o te Karauna karaati ka whakahau tenei Komiti kia whakaotia tenei raruraru i runga i te huarahi tuarua kua korerotia nei, a ka whakahau ano te Komiti me tuku atu tenei ripoata kia tere tonu ai te whiriwhiri me te tnahi c te Kawanatanga. 12 Akuhata, 1881.

No. 288 of 1881—Petition of Beihana Paeaone (No. 2) Petitionee prays either that he should have a grant of land in satisfaction of his claims, or that there should be a rehearing for the lands at Takahue and Manganuiowae. I am directed to report as follows I —■ That in 1880 a similar petition was presented, upon which the Committee made the following report, which is now reaffirmed: " That, the Committee having learnt that the petitioner was presentin Court when the claims of the Natives were settled, and also present when the money was paid, and in neither case having made any claim, it has no recommendation to make." 18th August, 1881.

[Translation.] No. 288 of 1881.—Pukapuka-inoi a Beihana Paeaone (Nama 2). E INOI ana te kai-pitihana ki a hoatu he whenua kia ia hei whakaea i ana kereme, kia whakaaetia ranei kia whakawhakia ano nga whenua i Takahue me Manganuiowae. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:— I tukua mai ano tetahi pitihana penei i te tau 1880, a koianei te whakatau ate Komiti: " Kua mohio te Komiti i reira ano te kai-pitihana i te Kooti i te whakataunga i nga take a nga Maori, i reira ana hoki i te utunga i nga moni, a kaore ia i whaikupu i reira mo ana take, kua kore hoki he kupu whakatau ate Komiti." Ako tera ano te whakatau ate Komiti inaianei. 18 Akuhata, 1881.

No. 213 of 1881.—Petition of Honetana Eehua. Petitioner claims £20, which he says he paid to a European named Paul, in connection with the survey and sale of Papakawau Block, Kaipara. I am directed to report as follows : — That the Committee considers this a matter entirely between the surveyor and the petitioner, and therefore has no recommendation to make. 18th August, 1881,