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[Translation.] No. 422. —Pukapuka-inoi a Hohepa Paraone Ngaruhe me etahi atu. E ki ana nga kai-pitihana c whai take ana ratou kite tetahi motu c karangatia nei ko Opao he raiti kei runga eka ana, a i tangohia etc Pakeha i a ratou ite mea kahore ratou i mohio. E inoi ana ratou kia tukuna tetahi patai mo taua motu. Kua whakahaua ahau kite ki i tino whirwhiria tenei pitihana i te tau 1881 me te tau 1882 a i te mea kahore i rangona etahi korero hou mo runga i tenei take kahore c marama kite Komiti kite tuku i tetahi whakaatu hou i runga ake i tenei na me tono te Kawanatanga kia tuhituhi atu kite kai-pitihana kite whakaatu i nga take mo runga i tenei keehi. 14 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 563, Sess. 11., 1884, and No. 245, 1885. —Petition of Arapeta Haeeetuturangi. Petitionee, who is a leading chief and representative of the Bawhitiao Tribe, prays that inquiry may be held into the matter of the leasing of the Murimotu Block. I am directed to report as follows : That, at the request of Mr. Te Ao, who has charge of these petitions, their consideration be postponed till next year.

14th August, 1886. [Translation.] No. 563, Sess. 11., 1884, and No. 245, 1885. —Pukapuka-inoi a Aeapeta Haeretuturangi. Ko te kai-pitihana nei he rangatira he huanga hoki kite iwi o Bawhitiao c inoi ana kia tukuna tetahi patai mo runga i te riihi o te Murimotu poraka. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: I rui:ga i te tono a Te Ao te mema nana nei i tuku enei pitihana i mea me nuku te hurihuringa o enei pitihana mo tera tau. 14 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 59, 1885. —Petition of Karaitiana te Bango and Others. Petitionees state that they are chiefs of the Ngatitama and Ngatiwhiti Tribes. They say they are owners of a block of land known as Bangipo-waiu, in the Taupo District. They complain that the land was subdivided by the Land Court in such a manner that they did not get their fair share. They pray that inquiry may be made, and relief granted to them. I am directed to report as follows : That, at the request of Mr. Te Ao, who has charge of this petition, its consideration be postponed till next session. 14th August, 1886.

[Teanslation.] No. 59, 1885.—Pukapuka-inoi a Kaeaitiana te Bango me etahi atu. Eki ana n'ga kaipitihana he rangatira no nga iwi o Ngati Tama me Ngatiwhiti. Eki ana ratou ko ratou nga tangata whai take ki tetahi poraka whenua c mohiotia ana kite ingoa o Bangipowaiu te Takiwa o Taupo. Eki ana ratou i wehewehea te whenua etc Kooti whenua i runga i etahi huarahi i kore ai ratou c whiwhi kite hea tika ma ratou. E inoi ana ratou kia pataia nga tikanga o' taua mea a kia whakaputaina tetahi ora kia ratou. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Irunga i te tono a Te Ao nana nei i tuku tenei pitihana i mea me nuku te hurihuringa o tenei nitihana mo tera tau. 14 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 447. —Petition of Hoani Bupe and Others. Petitionees state that the Tauwhare Block, in the Wanganui District, was adjudicated upon by the Native Land Court at Wanganui on the Bth February, 1879. Judgment was given in favour of five persons. They state they received no notice of the sitting of the Court through the Gazette or otherwise, and they ask for a rehearing on the ground that the land has been wrongly awarded. I am directed to report as follows : That the order for hearing was gazetted in the usual way, and the title of the applicants was unopposed. The Committee have no recommendation to make. 14th August, 1886.

[Teanslation.] No. 446. —Pukapuka-inoi a Hoani Bupe me etahi atu. E ki ana nga kaipitihana i whakawakia te Tauwhare Poraka c te Kooti Whenua Maori i a Pepuere te 8, 1869, a whakataua ana ki nga tangata tokorima. E ki ana ratou kihai i tukuna atu he panui kia ratou ote nohoanga ote Kooti i roto ranei ite Kahiti i tetahi atu huarahi ranei. A c tono ana ratou kia whakawakia tuaruatia taua whenua ta te mea i whakataua hetia. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: Ko te Ota mo te whakawa i taua whenua i kahititia ano i runga i nga huarahi c kahititia nei. A kahore he kaitawari i nga take a nga kaitono. No reira kahore he kupu a te Komiti. 14 o Akuhata, 1886.

No. 412.—Petition of Hori Bipo and Others. Petitioners give the boundaries of a block of land which they say belongs to them, but which they have lost by conquest and by sale. They say they have never done any wrong on those lands up to now. I am directed to report as follows : That this is in reference to the confiscated land on the West Coast, which was dealt with by Boyal Commission. The Committee have no recommendation to make. 14th August, 1886. 7—l. 2.