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[Translation.] Ripoata Motuiiake. E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i te Hui Whakamutunga a te Komiti mo nga Mea Maori ka paahitia te motini e whai ake nei: "E tuhia ana e tenei Komiti ke roto i nga pukapuka tona whakanui mo te mohio mete pai o te whakahaere a te Tiamana a Mr. J. O'Brien i nga mahi a te Komiti mutu noa tenei tuunga Paremata, a e whakahau ana ko tenei motini me ripoata kite whare." James Thorn, He Mema no te Komiti. 31 o Oketopa, 1936.

Special Report. J. have the honour to report that at its final meeting the Native Affairs Committee expressed, by resolution, its appreciation of the services of the Clerk, Mr. E. M. Anderson, and directed that I should so report to the House. J. O'Brien, Chairman. 31st October, 1936.

[Translation.] Ripoata Motijhake. E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i tana Hui Whakamutunga i whakaatu te Komiti mo nga jMeia Maori i runga i tana motini i tona mihi mo te mohio o te Karaka o Mr. E. M. Anderson kite whakahaere i ana mahi, a i whakahau kia ripoatatia peratia e au kite Whare. J. O'Brien, Tiamana. 31 o Oketopa, 1936.

Final Report. I have the honour to report that the Native Affairs Committee, consisting of seventeen members, has held thirty-three meetings during the session, the average attendance at each meeting being eight. Including thirty-two petitions brought forward from last session, the Committee had before it one hundred petitions. Seventy-four petitions were reported on and twenty-six are held over. Eleven parliamentary papers were duly considered and reported on. 1 he Native Land Amendment Bill and the Native Purposes Bill were considered and reported on. J. O'Brien, Chairman. 31st October, 1936.

[Translation.] Eipoata Whakamutunga. E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i tenei tuunga o te Paremata, e torn tekau ma toru nga hui a te Komiti mo nga Mea Maori, te maha o nga mema tekau ma whitu te tikanga. tokowaru nga mema i tae mai ki ia hui. Hui atu ki nga pitihana e toru tekau ma rua i toe mai o te tuunga Paremata ka taha ake nei kotahi rau nga pitihana i tae mai ki mua i te aroaro o te Komiti. E whitu tekau ma wha nga pitihana, i ripoatatia a e rua tekau ma ono i puritia mo tetahi wa. Tekau ma talii nga Pepa Paremata i whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia. Ko Te Pire Whakatikatika Ture Whenua Maori a me Te Pire mo nga Mahi Maori i whiriwhiri a i ripoatatia. J. O'Brien, Tiamana. 31 o Oketopa, 1936.

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