Translation.
This deed
1856. 13 November. Hawke's Bay.
conveying land dated this 13th of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six (1856) is a paper of the full and true consent of us the Chiefs and People of Ngatikahungunu tribe whose names are subscribed heretoMataruahou. (Scinde Island.)
on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants to be hereafter born to fully and finally give up a piece of our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to all the Kings and Queens her successors for ever.Price £50, and two town sections for Tareha.
And for our consenting entirely to give up this piece of our land Victoria the Queen of England on her part agrees to pay us the sum of Fifty pounds (£50) in money. Twenty five pounds (£25) of which amount was paid to us by Mr. McLean on theReceived— | |
11 April, 1855 | £25 |
This date | 25 |
£50 |
Boundaries.
The boundary begins at the old boundary of Oterango and runs along the edge of the Water to Poua thence to Omoko thence to the Ahi-tahu-o-te-Waru where it cuts on the bank (or spit) at the Taupata and runs down to the Sea and follows the Sea shore till it closes up with the old boundary.Now we have fully considered wept over and bid adieu to this land inherited by us from our forefathers with all its rivers lakes waters streams trees stones grass plains forests good places and bad and everything either above or below the soil and all and everything connected with the said land we have fully and entirely given up under the shining sun of the present day as a lasting possession to Victoria the Queen of England and to all the Kings and Queens her successors for ever.
And in witness of our assent to all the conditions of this paper have hereto subscribed our names and marks at Ahuriri on this thirteenth (13) day of November in the year 1856.
And in witness to the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this paper it hath been subscribed by Mr. Cooper one of the Land Commissioners of the Governor of New Zealand.
G. S. Cooper
Dist. Commissioner.
Tareha,
x and 2 other signatures.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
H. S. Tiffen, District
Surveyor, Napier.
M. Fitzgerald, Surveyor, Napier.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 18th, 1876.