Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deeds—No. 230.]

Deeds—No. 230.

Mangaripa Block, Papakura, Auckland District.

Ko te tuhituhinga

o tenei pukapuka i te Tekau ma toru o nga ra o Hurai i te Tau

1853. 13 July. Auckland District.

kotahi mano waru rau e rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o matou nga Rangatira o te Akitai, me te Uriika te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko

Mangaripa.

matou nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini

Victoria

hei utu mo nga Pauna moni e Toru te kau kua homai nei kia matou, nokonei ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki a

Victoria

te Kuini o Ingarani, ki te Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake, ake, ake, i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga, ko ona rohe koia enei kei te Hauauru kei te

Boundaries

Raina o Kuini i te Ahu, ko to te Hauraro ka tika iho i te Raina i te Ahu tapoko noa ki te ngahere a puta noa ki te awa i te ngakinga a Roka i Pokapu, ka marere ki te awa, ka haere i te awa, kopiko noa haere tonu a kotia noatia ra ano e te raina o te rohe mai o te Marangai, to te Marangai he mea aru mai i te raina o Kuini a puta noa ki te awa, te rohe o te Tonga koia kei nga raina o Kuini o te Pamu o te Aperahama, ki te mea ka tohe te tangata ki tenei whenua, ma matou te tikanga ki a ia, kia ratou, kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.

Tirohia
Hunia te nawe
ihaka tarahau.
heme te ngohi.

Te Rou x his mark.

Witness

A. Sinclair

I te aroaro o—

John White, Interpreter

Patrick J. Hogan Draftsman, Survey Office

Witness to signature of te Rou—

John White, Interpreter

Kua riro mai i a matou nga Pauna moni e Toru tekau kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki

Receipt for £30

tenei pukapuka; Koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i o matou ingoa i tenei ra i te Tekau ma toru o Hurai i te tau o to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano waru rau e rima tekau ma toru.

hunia te nawe.
ihaka rahau.
heme te ngohi.

Te Rou x his mark

Witness

A. Sinclair

I te aroaro o—

John White, Interpreter

Patrick J. Hogan, Draftsman, Survey Office

Witness to signature of te Rou—

John White, Interpreter

Translation.

This Deed

entered into on the thirteenth day of July in the year One Thousand Eight

1853. 13 July.

Hundred and fifty-three, the consenting of us the Chiefs of the Akitai and Uriika Tribes,

Auckland District.

also the consenting of the Queen of England for herself, Now we the owners of the Land described in this Deed agree to sell to Queen Victoria for the sum of £30 now

Mangaripa.

given to us, wherefore we now give and make over to Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs for ever all this Land and all thereto belonging. The Boundaries are these,

Boundaries

On the West by the Surveyor's line on the Ahu, on the North coming down from te Ahu in a straight line entering the Forest and continuing in a direct line until it cuts the Mangaripa creek at Pokapu near the cultivation of Roka going into the creek and continuing in the same until cut by the Eastern Boundary, the Boundary on the East is the line as cut by the Government Surveyors following the same on in a direct line

until it cuts the creek forming the Northern Boundary on the South it joins Mr. Abracham's Farm as defined to him by the Government Survey of the same. Should any one make a claim to this Land we agree to satisfy him or them.

A sketch of this land is on the other side.