G. —6A.

1941. NEW ZEALAND.

THE NATIVE PURPOSES ACT, 1938. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PETITION No. 33 OF 1938, OF ATA PANIORA AND ANOTHER, PRAYING FOR RELIEF IN RESPECT OF INJUSTICE ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED BY THEM IN RELATION TO WAIPOUA 2b 3b 1 BLOCK, WAIPOUA 2b 3d 2 BLOCK, AND WAIPOUA 2b 3a BLOCK.

Presented to Parliament in pursuance of the provisions of Section 23 of the Native Purposes Act, 1938.

Wellington C. 1, 15th September, 1941. Memorandum for the Hon. the Native Minister. WAIPOUA 2b 3B 1 AND OTHER SUBDIVISIONS. I transmit to you the report of the Court, made pursuant to section 23 of the Native Purposes Act, 1938, upon Petition No. 33 of 1938, of Ata Paniora and another. The grievances alleged by the Natives have been met by compromises entered into by them or their advisers, on the one part, and by representatives of the Crown, on the other. The terms of the compromises are witnessed by written documents, copies of which accompany the report and are referred to therein as Agreements Nos. 1 and 2. Since the Court's report was prepared, Agreement No. 2 has been given effect to on partition proceedings. All that now remains to be done is to take the measures indicated by the Court in respect of Agreement No. 1, and I recommend accordingly. The costs of the necessary surveys might, I think, be met by the Crown. G. P. Shepherd, Chief Judge.

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