Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two

[Deeds—No. 140.]

Deeds—No. 140.

Aranga Te Kura Block, Wairarapa District.

1856. 18 January. Wairarapa District.

Tenei Pukapuka

e tuhituhia nei i tenei ra tekau ma waru 18 o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1856 He pukapuka tino hoko pono na matou ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini i tetahi wahi o to matou Kainga ki Ruamahanga, ko Aranga te Kura

Aranca Te Kura.

tona ingoa nui mo nga hereni e toru mo roto i te eka kotahi E wha pea rau o nga eka

Receipt for £60.

o taua wahi ki te ruritanga ka tino kitea ona tikanga te itinga ranei te rahinga ranei ka iti ka

hold

ano nga utu ki te ritenga o nga hereni e toru—ka rahi ko nga utu me whakapiki ano ki te ritenga o nga hereni e toru mo te eka Ko nga utu kua riro mai ki a

Boundaries.

matou i tenei ra mo taua whenua E ono tekau £60 pauna moni. Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata ki te Rakau o Tamaru ka rere ki uta i runga i te rohe o te Kuini mau rawa atu ko nga Koau ka rere i roto o nga Koau ko Hatuapopoti mau rawa atu ko Te Totara ka rere i uta mau rawa atu ko Te Koparoa ka makere i roto o Ruamahanga mau rawa atu ko Te Para mau rawa atu i roto o Ruamahanga puta noa kite Rakau o Tamaru

Reserve for Matiaha.

ka tutaki i konei nga rohe. E rua rau o nga eka o tenei wahi e hokona e matou ki nga hereni kotahi tekau mo te eka kotahi hei whenua tumau mo Matiaha. A mo te rironga mai o aua moni me te otinga o enei tikanga ka tuhia o matou ingoa me to te Makarini i te aroaro o nga kai titiro.

Donald McLean, Comn.
Na Matiaha Mokai.
Maniheera R.
Wi Kingi.
Elwin B. Dickson.
Hoera Wakataha.

Translation.

1856. 18 January. Wairarapa District.

This Deed

written on this eighteenth 18th day of Jannary in the year of Our Lord 1856 is a document of the full and true sale by us to Victoria the Queen of England of

Aranca Te Kura.

a portion of our place at Ruamahanga of which the general name is Aranga te Kura for the sum of three shillings per acre. There are about four hundred acres in that place, when it is surveyed the exact area whether greater or less will be ascertained if less then

Receipt for £60.

the amount will be so much less calculated at the rate of three shillings per acre and if

more then it will be so much more calculated at the rate of three shillings per acre.

Boundaries.

The payment that we have received on this day for that land is Sixty Pounds in money (£60). The boundaries of the land commence at Te Rakau-o-Tamaru, thence it runs inland along the Queen's boundary to Ngakoau thence along Ngakoau to Hapuapopoti, thence to Te Totara, thence inland to Te Koparoa it falls into Ruamahanga and goes on to Te Para thence along the Ruamahanga to Te Rakau-o-Tamaru where the boundaries meet. We will purchase two hundred acres of this piece at ten shillings per acre as

Reserve for Matiaha.

permanent land for Matiaha. And in acknowledgment of the receipt of the said moneys and the settlement of these conditions we sign our names and Mr. McLean signs his in the presence of the witnesses.