Deeds—No. 79.
Okui Eel Fisheries, Whanganui District.
Tenei pukapuka
i tuhia i te Tuatahi o nga ra o Oketopa, i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1863,1863. 1 October. Whanganui District.
he pukapuka tino hoko, tino hoatu, tino tuku rawa atu he whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira o Ngapairangi na ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatuOkui Eel Fisheries.
tenei pukapuka mo matou, me o matou whanaunga, me o matou uri ano hoki, mo te tuhituhinga i o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki ona uri me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai o muri i a ia, hei whakaritenga mo nga pauna moni E toru tekau ma rima (£35) kua whakaaetia kia riro mai ki a matou e te Petitone, kai whakarite hoko whenua o matou tikanga katoa, me o matou take, me o matou paanga katoatanga ki nga pa-tuna me nga mahi i nga Inanga katoa i roto i nga awa i Okui otira i Matarawa i Kaukatia i Puwharawhara i Matakarohe, i Mangamouku, i Mangamutu, i Mataongaonga me o ratou awa ririki katoa. Kua tuhia ki te Mapi i whakapiria ki tua atu o te pukapuka nei.
Tamati Puna
x.
Pehira Turei.
Wirihana te raruapo.
Witness to the marks and signatures—
Charles W. Broughton.
Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei rangi nga pauna nei E toru tekau ma rima (£35).Receipt for £35.
Pehira Turei.
Kai-titiro—
Hoani Wiremu Hipango.
Witness to the payment of the above named (£35) Thirty five pounds—
Charles W. Broughton.
Translation.
This Deed written on this First day of October in the year of our Lord One
thousand
1863. 1 October. Whanganui District.
eight hundred and sixty three, is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs of the Ngapairangi tribe whose names are hereunto subscribed and witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relations and descendants we have by signing this Deed parted with and transferred to Victoria the Queen of England Her HeirsOkio Eel Fisheries.
and Successors in consideration of the sum of Thirty five pounds (£35) paid to us by I. E. Featherston Esq. Land Purchase Commissioner all our rights title and interestReceipt for £35.
in the Eel Weirs and Manga Fisheries situated in the streams in the Okui District, i.e. in the Matarawa, Kaukatia, Puwharawhara, Matakarohe, Mangamouku, Mangamutu, Mataongaonga streams, and their tributaries as set forth and shewn on the map attached to the back of this Deed.A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 7th, 1876.