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No. 520, 1905.—Petition of Hema te Ao and 2 Others. Petitioners pray for legislation to enable inquiry to be made into the " takes " of ManukatutahiOtautahanga Block, Maungatautari. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 18th October, 1905. :

[Translation.] No. 520, 1905.—Pitihana a Hema te Ao ratou ko etahi atu toko-rua. E iNOi ana kia paahitia he ture c taea ai te uiui nga take ki Manukatutahi-Otautahanga Poraka, Maungatautari. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, kite whakaaro o te Komiti me tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia uiuia. 18 o Oketopa, 1905.

No. 446, 1905.—Petition of Tuta Nihoniho. Petitioner prays for a rehearing in connection with Ngamoe Block. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 18th October, 1905.

[Translation.] No. 446, 1905.—Pitihana a Tuta Nihoniho. El iNOi ana kia whakwakia tuaruatia a Ngamoe Poraka. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, kite whakaaro o te Komiti me tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia uiuia. 18 o Oketopa, 1905.

No. 154, 1905.—Petition of Herena Ngawairama and 5 Others. Petitioners pray for restitution of their land alleged to have been wrongfully taken in with the award to the Crown in the purchase of the Mangorewa Kaharoa Block. I am directed to report that the Committee repeats the recommendation made in 1901—viz., that the petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 18th October, 1905.

[Translation.] No. 154, 1905.—Pitihana a Herana Ngawairama ratou ko etahi atu toko-rima. E iNOi ana nga kai-pitihana kia whakahokia atu o ratou whenua, c kiia nei c ratou, i he te uru ki roto kite wahi i whakataua kite Karauna i te hokonga o Mangorewa Kaharoa Poraka. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, ka tuaruatia ano c te Komiti tana kupu tohutohu i whakapuaki ai i te tau 1901, ara, me tuku atu te pitihana kite Kawanatanga kia uiuia. 18 o Oketopa, 1905

No. 170, 1905.—Petition of H. te Kani Pere and 27 Others. Petitioners allege that they have been wrongfully deprived of their land, Okahuatiu No. Iα Block, and pray for inquiry and restitution. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition should be referred to the Government for inquiry. 18th October, 1905.

[Translation.] No. 170, 1905.—Pitihana a H. te Kani Pere ratou ko etahi atu c rua tekau ma whitu. E ki ana nga kai-picihana kua tangohia hetia i a ratou o ratou whenua i Okahuatiu No. 1 Poraka, a c inoi ana kia uiuia a kia whakahokia atu ki a ratou taua whenua. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, kite whakaaro o te Komiti me tuku atu tenei pitihana ki te Kawanatanga kia uiuia. 18 o Oketopa, 1905.

No. 510, 1905.—Petition of Helen Birchley, of Palmerston North. Petitioner, a half-caste, prays for a grant of land as a landless Native. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition should be referred to the Government for consideration when the question of landless Natives is being dealt with. 18th October, 1905.