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[Translation] Pitihana Nama 40 a Hoone P. H. Tukariri ratou ko etahi atu Toko-waru, o Hokianga E inol ana mo tetahi uiuinga mo te taha ki Omahuta Nama Ime 2 Poraka me nga whenua rakau o te Tai-Tokeran. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata kaore kau tie kupu tohutohu a te Komiti mo tenei pitihana. J. B. F. Cotterill, Tiamana. 25 o Noema, 1947. Special Report I have the honour to report that at its final meeting the Maori Affairs Committee unanimously passed the following resolution : " That the Committee desires to record its appreciation of the efficient and courteous manner in which the Chairman, Mr. J. B. F. Cotterill, has guided the conduct and business of the Committee during the session, and that this resolution be recorded in the minutes and reported to the House." W. Sullivan, a Member of the Committee. 26th November, 1947. [Translation] Ripoata Motuhake E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i tona hui whakamutunga i paahitia e te Komiti Mo Nga Mea Maori te motini e whai ake nei:— " Ko te Komiti e hiahia ana kia tuhia ki roto i nga pukapuka tona whakanui mo te mohio mete pai o te whakahaere a te Tiamana a J. B. F. Cotterill i nga mahi a te Komiti i te wa e tu ana te Paremata a kia tuhia tenei motini ki roto i nga meneti a kia ripoatatia kite Whare." W. Sullivan, Mema ote Komiti. 26 o Noema, 1947. Final Report I have the honour to report that the Maori Affairs Committee, consisting of fifteen members, held eighteen meetings during the session, with an average attendance at each meeting of nine members. Including four petitions brought forward from last session, the Committee has carefully considered fifty petitions ; forty-nine petitions were reported on to the House and one is held over. Seven parliamentary papers and two Bills —the Waerenga-a-hika Trust Bill and the Maori Purposes Bill—were duly considered by the Committee and reported on. 26th November, 1947. [Translation] Ripoata Whakamutunga E whai honore ana ahau kite ripoata i tenei tuunga o te Paremata, tekau ma waru nga huinga o te Komiti Mo Nga Mea Maori te maha o nga mema tekau ma rima, te tikanga toko-iwa nga mema i tae mai ki ia hui. Hui atu ki nga pitihana e wha i toe mai o tera tuunga Paremata, e rima tekau nga pitihana i ata whiriwhiria ete Komiti; e wha tekau ma iwa nga pitihana i ripoatatia kite Whare a kotahi i puritia mo tetahi wa. E whitu nga pepa paremata a e rua nga Pire te Pire Kai-tiaki mo Waerenga-a-Hika -a te Pire Mo Nga Mea Maori i ata whiriwhiria a i ripoatatia e te Komiti. 26 o Noema, 1947.

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