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Final Report. I have the honour to report that the Native Affairs Committee held its final meeting to-day (Bth September). During the session the Committee held sixteen meetings, the average attendance of members at each meeting being eight. Including forty-two petitions brought forward from last session, the Committee had before it seventy petitions : of these fifty-two were dealt with and reported upon ; the remaining eighteen are unavoidably held over. The following Bills were considered and reported on, viz. : The Native Trustee Amendment; the Maori Arts and Crafts ; and the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment. Parliamentary Papers Nos. 126, 130, 131, 201, 202, and 203 were also considered and reported upon. The total number of reports presented to the House was fifty-six. Bth September, 1926. [Translation.] Ripoata Whakamittunga. E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i tu te hui whakamutunga a te Komiti mo nga mea Maori i tenei ra (8 o Hepetema). I roto i tenei tuunga Paremata tekau ma ono nga huinga o te Komiti, kite aronga tokowaru nga mema i tae mai ki ia hui. Apiti ki nga pitihana e wha tekau ma rua i toe mai i tera tuunga o te Paremata, e whitu tekau nga pitihana i te aroaro o te Komiti : o ena e rima-tekau ma rua i whakahaerea a i ripoatatia ; ko nga pitihana tekau-ma-waru i toe i puritia mo a muri atu whakahaere ai. Ko nga Pire e whai ake nei i whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia ara, Pire Whakatikatika Ture Kai-tiaki Maori; Pire mo nga Mahi-a-ringa Maori; me Pire Whakatikatika Ture Whenua Maori, Whakariterite Kereme Whenua Maori. I whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia nga Pukapuka Paremata Nama 126, 130, 131, 201, 202, me 203. Hui katoa nga ripoata i kokiritia kite Whare e rima-tekau ma ono. 8 o Hepetema, 1926.

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! " | No. | Petitioner. Subject of Petition. 133/24 Haki Galvin .. .. .. ... Succession to George Southgate. 184/24 Hoard Matiu and 15 others .. .. .. j Tauhikipia (Long Island). 351/24 Winiata te Rito and 2 others .. .. j Ngamotu. 115/25 Mere te Iwingaro and 3 others .. .. Mangapoike 2b. 206/25 Wiremu Ngakura and 6 others .. .. Waimamaku No. 2 (burial-place). 222/25 Mere te Iwingaro and 4 others .. .. Mangapoike 2d. 223/25 Mere te Iwingaro and 4 others .. .. Mangapoike 2c. 224/25 Mere te Iwingaro and 4 others .. .. j Mangapoike 2d and 2a 3. 20/26 Mere Hape . . .. .. .. j Patutahi. 50/26 G. A. Hirschberg .. .. .. .. j Ngawakaakupe. 238/26 Wiremu Rikihana . . .. .. .. I Waihou Lower D2. 275/26 Herepete Rapihana and 10 others .. .. Tangonge. 278/26 Hati Rapihana and 4 others .. . . Tangonge. 280/26 Harete Apatari and 2 others .. .. I Tutu-o-te-Kaha No. 4. 281/26 Hirini Waiti and 2 others .. .. .. Mangahauini No. 9. 283/26 Poihaere Hakipene Hura .. .. . . Waiari South B2. 288/26 Haki Tamati .. .. .. .. Lot 39, Parish of Matata. 289/26 Haki Tamati .. .. .. .. Confiscated lands, Bay of Plenty.