(Enclosure 6 in No. 466.)
Enclosure 6.
Memorandum
of agreement made this Ninth day of November One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty Eight, between Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau and Hera wife of Te Moananui, Native Chiefs of the District of Tauranga of the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand of the one part and Messrs. Whitaker and Russell of the City of Auckland, Solicitors, of the other part.Te Waipuna. [300 acres.]
and known by the name of Te Waipuna and containing three hundred acres more or less.And the said Messrs. Whitaker and Russell agree to purchase the said land and to pay to the said Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau and Hera at the rate of Four shillings p. acre in manner following, the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid on signing this agreement and the balance on the execution of a conveyance for the said land.
And the said Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau and Hera further agree to have the said land surveyed without loss of time at their cost.
Signed this Ninth day of November One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty Eight.
Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau x his mark.
Hera te Moananui Mauao.
In the presence of—
Wy. Ashcroft.
I hereby certify that I have read over the above agreement to Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau and Hera and that they fully understand its contents.
Richard de Thierry,
Licensed Interpreter.
Receipt for £20. Received the sum of Twenty pounds stg. on a/c.
Taraiti Tukunui te Ranginui x his mark.
Auckland, 9 Nov, 1868.Witness—
R. de Thierry.