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

Translation

Translation.

This Deed

entered into on the Twenty first of October in the year 1853 the consenting

1853. 21 October.

of Te Hira Kawau and the Chiefs of the Ngatiwhatua the consenting also of the Queen

Auckland District.

of England on her part now I Te Hira the owner of the Land described ii this Deed I do agree to sell this Land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £100 now given to me for

Ohinerau

this I give up and make over to Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs and Successors for ever this Land and all thereto belonging. The Boundaries are these, On the South

Boundaries

by the Tamaki road, on the East by the trench near the road, thence on in a direct line to a Manuka tree and to the creek, on the North by the above creek called Ohinerau, on the West by Mr. Graham's (Farm).

A sketch of this Land is on the other side.

Witness my name—

(Signed) Te Hira Kawau.

Witness—

(Signed) James Baber, Draftsman, Survey Office

Received by me the One hundred Pounds as agreed to in this Deed hence my

Receipt for £100

writing this my name on the Twenty first of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

(Signed) Te Hira Kawau.

Witness—

(Signed) James Baber, Draftsman, Survey Office,

Auckland

A true translation.

John White, Interpreter

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton

Wellington, September 7th, 1874.