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

[Deeds—No. 234.]

Deeds—No. 234.

Pukapuka No. 1 Block, Tamaki, Auckland District.

Ko te tuhituhinga

o tenei Pukapuka i te 17 o Maehe i te tau 1854 te

shakaaetanga

o

1854. 17 March. Auckland District.

te Hira Rangatira o Ngatiwhatua, te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te kuini o Ingarangi

Pukapuka No. I.

mona, na ka whakaae nei ahau a te Hira te tangata i te kainga e tuhi tuhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei ahau ki te hoko i tenei whenua kia Kuini

Victoria

hei utu

10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes

mo nga moni £270 kua homai nei ki taku ringaringa, a e whakaae ana ano a Kuini

Victoria

, Kuini o Ingarangi mona, kia utua mai ano ki nga tangata maori i nga moni ana hokona atu ki te Pakeha, kia tekau pauna o te rau e hoki mo enei mea, hei utu Kura akonga mo a matou tamariki, hei hanga Ohipera hei rongoatanga mo o matou turoro, hei utu mo nga rata rongoa i a matou, hei hanga Mira hei moni hoatu mo o matou Rangatira, a mo nga mea penei katoa e uru ai nga Tangata Maori na konei ka hoatu nei ka tuku atu nei kia

Victoria

te Kuini o Ingarangi me nga Kingi me nga Kuini me ona uri i muri i a ia, tenei whenua me ona aha me ona aha ake ake

do

nga rohe enei kei te

Boundaries

[ unclear: Hauaoru]

kei te kowhanetanga o te ara o Tamaki tika tonu ki te Pa ko Rapangateuira a puta tonu atu ki te whare e tu ana i te taha o te pariparinga o raro o te akinga tai To te Hauraro kei te Akinga tai a puta noa ki te awa o Te Pukapuka To te

Maraugai

a haere tonu ara i te taepa eputa ana ki te ara kata o Tamaki, To te Tonga kei te ara kata o Tamaki kua tuhituhia te ahua ki tua nei.

te hira Kawau.

Kua rito mai ki ahau nga moni kua whakaaetia ki tenei Pukapuka £270 i tenei ra

Receipt for £270

i te 17 o Maehe 1854.

te hira Kawau.

Witness

John White, Interpreter

Translation.

This Deed

entered into on the 17th of March 1854 the consenting of Te Hira Chief of

1854. 17 March. Auckland District.

the Natiwhatua the consenting also of the Queen of England on her part now I Te Hira the owner of the land specified in this Deed do agree to sell his land to Queen Victoria for the sum of 270 Pounds given now into my hands it is further agreed to by

Pukapuka No. I.

the Queen of England on her part that there shall be paid for the following purposes that is to say for the Founding of Schools in which persons of our race may be taught for the Construction of Hospitals in which persons of our race may be tended for the

10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes

payment of Medical Attendance for us for the Construction of Mills for us for Annuities for our Chiefs or for other purposes of a like nature in which the Natives of this Country have an interest Ten per cent. or Ten Pounds out of every Hundred pounds out of Monies received from time to time for this land when resold. For this I give up and make over to Victoria Queen of England her Heirs and Successors for ever this land and all thereto belonging for ever and ever.
The Boundaries are these On the West by the turn in the Great road to Tamaki

Boundaries

going then in a direct line to the Pa called Rapanga-te-Uira continuing on in a direct line thence to a house on the bank near the Water side On the Worth by the Beach and continuing on up the Creek Pukapuka, on the East by a fence which joins the Cart road to Tamaki on the South by the Tamaki Cart road.

A sketch of this land is on the other side.