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42 Then we may presume that the direction of the Court to the Natives living at that time direction to the remaining head of the several sections of the tribe to fix the lit of owne"l 43. The Chairman.] Uruamo was your grandfather ?—Yes 44. You claim that he was a man of importance and that he went journeys to other parts ot the on behalf of the tribe?—Yes. } " mei P arts 45. What year did Judge Fenton hear the case in? —1869 46. Uruamo died previous to 1869? —Yes. 47 But no one appeared at this Court to claim on behalf of the children of Uruamo?—Anera "wa?d "*" "* ** ***"* * **" «*« &S -n^tti^o^ ment made outside about which the Hon. Sir J. Carroll examined in"a s ttween the £ I families to submit the names to the Court. & 01 tlle 49. Still the Judge must be responsible for the judgment of the Court?—l maintain that because the Judge saw that certain proper owners had been left out he therefore placed aresSc at tli limes" " "* * » d ** ""« * * heM £the benS^ restrmLuand 1 *** UrUam ° fa " nl} " the ri * ht to lh ' e u P on **«-*», it being 51. You as the descendant of Uruamo have no interest in this land?—None of the familv of of U(kd m ° nglnal bUt S ° lne haVe C ° me in aS d — d -ts oi'the Lter'est! rtJi Jt ' S not » nation of your right to live on the land, but it is a question of a rmht through your ancestor not being recognized ?-I do not ask for a large interest I daim that wl should all have equal division. h UL 1 cldlm tnat e object"' D ° y ° U ° bJeCt t0 anJ ° f tMs land beiDg alienated from the people?-I entirely that SrifhT' 7> ' Y ° U Say We, ' e thil " teen trUBteeS a PP° inted fw the people ?-Yes, 55. What is the sex of those people ?—They were all males t0 land Wlth th ° Se *»* ™ d - 57. Why were they not included?—When the list of names was arranged thev kent then, „„♦ 58. Then yon hold that this land was practically held in trust for the" who /tribe J Ye, 09. In equal shares ?—Under the ancestor Tuperiri tribe f—Yes. ~JVtZr Y :r W b<J agreeaWe t0 haV6 all th ° Se Wh ° e l6ft -t participate equitablv alien^td^L' V aLS? 5&S&S*?* * the £^£ block because these sales were wrong sales : they were made through thieving upon the open marke? JVaZ Z'l 5* same manner as the land was dealt with at St Helier's Bu Twl . i, I !? , he pa —- d '- ** p^--the evti tV '' Boihin * ™ done to remedy to the Equitable Owners Court J-Z * **"" *" *** m*" 19 ° 4 ' "*** « application worfing Z I was one of the most expert cont/actors MaTri my p'rentT ' T mana fell upon me to carrv nut th P «o pffo/tc, : j pcojjie vvnen my parents died then the *< ». no/,,;,., A'Sr"*' '"'' "" """<*'" " "" *"<"» ms-and-outs of it in 1904. ' brother, but finally ascertained the whole 67. But none of the thirteen petitioners over discovered it before? TW ™ n people; lam the oldest one of the number at the present moment b6f ° re? - The 3 were all young 69 £ U f V B e° Xl TZ that n ° ne 0f you it until 1904?-Yes b9. Mr. F. H. Smith.] You were born in 1870?—Yes 70. Mr ftiroto.] You said there were thirteen men put into the title?—Yes 79 ? A SlSterS left ""t- 1 mean Ml sisters?-Yes, some of them <2. And did they have any brothers left out?—Yes 74.' iS t T hj l T T bHnging f ° nVard thlS N g anahi?-Male. ] ' egaid t0 the thlrteen all '"« les - what sex is Paramena

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