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No. 153. —Petition of Tamati te Bangi. Petitioner states that he was the principal owner of a block of land in the Tologa Bay District known as Tauwhareparae, which was sold to Government on the understanding that he was toreceive £500 for using his influence in inducing the other Natives to consent to the sale ; that, not receiving the £500, he applied to Mr. Gill, the Government Land Purchase Commissioner, who undertook to obtain for him a pension from the Government in lieu of the £500; that he was also promised by Captain Porter, the principal Land Purchase Commissioner on the East Coast, an area of 200 acres of good land, with a good title; that he has never received either pension or land. He prays for redress. I am directed to report as follows : That this petition was fully reported on in 1880 and 1882. The Committee have no recommendation to make. 12th August, 1886. ■

[Translation.] No. 153.—Pukapuka-inoi a Tamati te Bangi. E ki ana te kai-pitihana ko ia tetahi o nga tangata tino whai take ki tetahi poraka whenua i te takiwa c mohiotia nei ko Tauwhareparae i hokona kite Kawanatanga i runga i te matauranga me riro mai iaia nga moni c £500 mo tana mahi whakahau i etahi Maori kia whakaae kite hoko. Na ite mea kahore i riro mai te £500 ka tono ano ia kite Komihana Kaihoko Kawanatanga nana nei i ki mana c riro mai ai he penihana mana c te Kawanatanga hei whakaritenga mo taua £500. A i whakaae ano hoki a Kapene Poata te Komihana Kaihoko Whenua o te Tai-Bawhiti mana c homai i tetahi wahi whenua pai kia 200 eka i runga ite take tino tika. Heoi kihai i riro mai i aia he whenua ki hai ano hoki i riro mai he penihana. E inoi ana ia ki tetahi ora. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: He nui nga korero mo runga i tenei pitihana i tukuna ite tau 1880 me te tsu 1882. No reira kahore he kupu ate Komiti mo runga i tenei tono. 12 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 408 a, 1885.—Petition of Takatu Matina and Others. Petitioners pray that an investigation may take place regarding their land called Eangiwhakaoma,, of which they give the boundaries. The land was set apart as a reserve for themselves when the block was sold to the Government. They say that the Government claimed the reserve also. I am directed to report as follows : That the Committee have no recommendation to make.

12th August, 1886. [Translation.] No. 408 a, 1885. —Pukapuka-inoi a Takatu Matina me etahi atu. E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia whakawakia to ratou whenua c karangatia nei ko Eangiwhakaoma. c whakaatu ana no hoki i nga rohe I wehea taua whenua hei rahui mo ratou ake i te hokongo o te Poraka kite Kawanatanga. Eki ana ratou c mea ana te Kawanatanga no ratou taua rahui. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Kahore he kupu ate Komiti mo runga i tenei mea. 12 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 114.—Paora Ururoa and Others. Petitioners, who claim to be owners of a block of land called Te Pupuke, state that the land was wrongly awarded by the Native Land Court at Tanikora. They ask that a rehearing may be granted. I am directed to report as follows: That this is a rehearing case, and entirely in the hands of the Native Land Court.

12th August, 1886. [Translation.] No. 114. —Pukapuka-inoi a Paora Ururoa me etahi atu. E ki ana te kai-pitihana mona tetahi Poraka whenua c karangatia nei ko te Pupuke a i he te whakataunga ate Kooti whenua Maori i Tanikora. E tono ana ratou kia whakawakia tuaruatia. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: He tono whakawa tuarua tenei a kei te Kooti whenua Maori tonu te tikanga. 12 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 453.—Petition of Tiemi Wirihana. Petitioner states that he is the representative of the eight half-caste grandchildren of Tama Kirunga, and that they owned a piece of land called Baua, part of which was sold, and the remainder reserved for himself and those for whom he acts by an arrangement made with Sir Donald McLean. That by some oversight the land on which now stands the Township of Clyde was sold without their knowledge. Petitioner prays for inquiry and relief. I am directed to report as follows : That Government be requested to inquire into this case. 12th August, 1886.

[Translation.] No. 453. —Pukapuka-inoi a Tiemi Wirihana. E ki ana te kai-pitihana ko ia te Kawhakahaere o nga tamariki hawhekaihe tokowaru he mokopuna na Tama Kirunga a na ratou tetahi pihi wheuna c karangatia nei ko Baua ko tetahi wahi nei i hokona ako te toenga i rahuitia mona ake me etahi atu c whakahaeretia nei c ia. Akuanei i runga i tetahi kirimene i hanga ki waenganui i a ratou me Ta Tanara Makarini i puta tetahi pohehe a hokona ana te whenua c tv nei te Taone o Karari i te mea kiha ratou i mohio. Kua whakahaua ahou kia ki penei: Me tono te Kawanatanga kia tukuna tetahi patai mo tenei keehi. 12 o Akuhata, 1886.