Deeds—No. 405.
Te Puni Block, Lower Waikato District.
Ko te tuhituhinga
o tenei pukapuka i te ra tekau ma witu o Hurao 1848, te whakaaetanga1848. 17 July. Lower Waikato District.
o ahau he rangatira o Ngatetiata, te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko ahau te tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae ahau ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a KuiniVictoria
hei utu mo nga pauna moniTe Puni.
e rima tekau ka hoatu nei ki ahau, nokonei ka hoatu nei ka tukua atu nei ki aVictoria
te Kuini o Ingarani ki te Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake ake ake i taua whenua ko te Puni me nga aha noa iho aha noa iho o tenei kainga ko ona rohe koia enei Kei teBoundaries.
hauraro ka timata i te Wahaoruamano ka rere atu a tae noa ki te Koemoko, ki te taha ki te marangai ka haere tae noa ki te Whaiatiapa, tae noa ki Pukekohi, ka rere tae noa ki te Iaroa ka timata te ripa ki te tonga ka haere i te awa o Waikato, tae noa ki Ngateke, kei te hauauru ka haere tae noa Te Wahaoruamano Kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.Tirohia toku ingoa—
Aihepene Kaihau.
I tuhituhia i te tirohanga o—
James Baber.
Kua riro mai i ahau nga pauna moni e rima tekau, koia ahau ka tuhituhi i toku Receipt for £50. ingoa.
Aihepene Kaihau.
I te tirohanga o—
James Baber.
Translation.
This
Deed written on the seventeenth day of July 1848 is an agreement between me a1848. 17 July. Lower Waikato District.
Chief of Ngatiteata and the Queen of England on her own behalf Whereby I the owner of the Land described in this Deed agree to sell this Land to Queen Victoria in consideration of fifty pounds sterling now given to me wherefore is now given and delivered over to Victoria Queen; of England and to Her Successors for ever that Land called the Puni with all thereto belonging its boundaries are as follows On the North it commencesBoundaries.
at Wahaoruamano and goes till it reaches Koemoko on the East it goes to Whaiatiapa to Pukekohi to Iaroa there the Southern boundary begins and continues along the Waikato river to Ngateke on the West the boundary goes to Wahaoruamano the Plan of this Land is drawn on the other side of this.Witness my Signature—
(Signed) Aihepene Kaihau.
Signed in the presence of—
James Baber.
I have received fifty pounds sterling therefore I sign my name. Receipt for £50.
(Signed) Aihepene Kaihau.
Signed in the presence of—
James Baber.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, July 12th, 1875.