Deeds—No. 108.
Otaraia Block (Gillies' Homestead), Wairarapa District.
Tenei Pukapuka
tuku whenua e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra i tekau ma toru o nga ra o1853. 13 December. Wairarapa District.
Tihema i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahimano e waru rau e rima tekau ma toru (1853). He pukapuka tino whakaae pono na matou kia tukua tetahi wahi o to matou kainga ki aOtaraia. ( Gillies' homestead.)
Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.Boundaries.
rawa atu ko te ngutuawa o te Koau ka ahu ki te tonga mau rawa atu ki Puketi ka ahu ki uta mau rawa atu ko nga Potae mau rawa mai ko te Koawa i te huanui ka ahu waka rawhiti mai ka rere tonu mai i te huanui ka rere i waho o te taiepa kau ka witi i Makawiu mau rawa atu ko te Wai a te rangatira ka mau ki Kai o te haku.Receipt for £100.
kotahi te rau takitahi (£100) Ko aua moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra na to Makarini.
Manihera,
J. P.
Ngatuere'
s
x signature for
Te Tuture.
Nga kai titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhinga ingoa—
Grazier
, Ahuriri.Na Raniera te Iho,
Turanganui.Archd. Gillies,
Settler
, Otaraia, Wairarapa.Translation.
This Deed
1853. 13 December. Wairarapa District.
conveying land written on this day on the thirteenth (13) of the days of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three (1853) is a paper of our full consent to give up a certain portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever.Otaraia.(Gillies' homestead.)
The boundaries of the land commence at Kai o te haku thence to Ahikatote thence to the mouth of the Koau thence in a southerly direction to Puketi thence inland to ngaBoundaries.
Potae thence to te Koawa at the path thence in an easterly direction and along the path outside the stockyard crossing the Makawiu and on to Wai o te rangatira thence to Kai o te haku.Receipt for £100.
Pounds which monies we have this day received from Donald McLean.
Manihera.
Ngatuere's x signature for
Te Tutere.
Witnesses to these payments and signatures—
Purvis Russell,
Grazier, Ahuiriri.
Na Raniera te
Iho, Turanganui.
Archd. Gillies, Settler, Otaraia, Wairarapa.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 4th, 1876.