Deeds—No. 144.
Kumeu Block (near Riverhead), Kaipara District.
Ko te tuhihinga
o tenei pukapuka i te tahi o nga ra o Akuha, i te tau kotahi mano1853. 1 August.
waru rau e rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o nga Rangatira o nga Tiwhatua me teKaipara District.
whakaaetanga ano hoki o to Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko matou ki nga tangata i teKumeu.
kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei matou ki to hoko i tenei whenua ki a KuiniVictoria
hei utu mo nga pauna Kotahi Rau £100 kua homai nei ki a matou, nokoner
ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki aVictoria
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 to te Hauraro kei te awa o ngoni te pataBoundaries.
te timatanga ka haere i te rohe o te tukunga kia Puritana, to te Hauauru koia kei kei te awa pu o Kumeu a tutaki noa ki te rohe o mangatoetoe o te tukunga a Paora kia Kuini, to te Tonga koia kei te rohe o Paora o tana tukunga kia Kuini a eke noa ki Pukewhakataratara a tutuki noa ki to Perekama to te Marangai kei te rohe o te tukunga kia Perekama ka haere a te awa o Ngongi pata haere tonu a tutaki noa ki te rohe o te hauauru Ki te mea ka whakahe te tangata ki tenei tukunga kainga e whakaae ana matou, ma matou ia e utu—kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.Tirohia o matou ingoa—
hoete Paremata.
Manihera.
Paul.
Na te Whiri hana.
I te aroaro o—
John White,
Interpreter.
Andrew Sinclair,
Jr.
Kua riro mai i a matou, te rau Pauna Kotahi kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki tenei Receipt for £100. pukapuka; Koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i o matou ingoa i tenei ra i te tahi o Akuha i te tau o to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano waru rau e rima tekau ma toru.
Hoete Paremata.
Manihera.
Paul.
Whirihana.
I te aroaro o—
John White,
Interpreter.
Andrew Sinclair,
Jr.
Translation.
1853. 1 August. Kaipara District.
This Deed
entered into on the first day of August in the year 1853 the consenting of us the Chiefs of the Ngatiwhatua also the consenting of the Queen of England on her part, now we the owners of the land agreed to in this Deed do consent to sell this LandKumeu.
to Queen Victoria in payment for One Hundred Pounds now given to us, for this we give and make over to Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs for ever this Land andBoundaries.
all thereto belonging. The Boundaries are these, on the North beginning at the creek Ngongitepata and then by the Boundary of Mr. Fulton's claim, on the West by the creek of Kumeu until it joins the Boundary of Mangatoetoe as sold by Paul to the Crown, on the South by the Boundary of Paul's land as sold to the Crown until it strikes the top of Pukewhakataratara, thence to the Boundary of Mr. Brigham's claim, on the East it takes Mr. Brigham's Boundary until it joins Ngongitepata creek following thence until it joins the Northern Boundary.Should any man repudiate this sale of land we agree to satisfy his claim.
A sketch of the land is on the other side.
Witness our names—
(signed)
Hoete Paremata.
(signed)
Manihera.
(signed)
Paul.
(signed)
Na te Wirihana.
Witness—
(Signed) John White, Interpreter.
(Signed)
Andrew Sinclair, Junr.
Receipt for £100. Received by us the one Hundred pounds as agreed to in this deed hence our now writing these our names on this the first day of August in the year of our Lord 1853.
(Signed)
Hoete Paremata.
(Signed)
Manihera.
(Signed)
Paul.
(Signed)
Wirihana.
Witness—
(Signed) John White, Interpreter.
(Signed)
Andrew Sinclair, Junr.
A true translation.
John White, Interpreter.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, September 11th, 1874.