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

Translation

Translation.

This deed

of sale of land written on this twenty sixth (26th) day of June in the

1858. 26 June. Wairarapa District.

year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight (1858) is a document of the true consent of us the Chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu whose names are attached to this document for ourselves, our relatives and all our descendants who may

Kaiaho and Kuripuni. (Donald's homestead)

he horn after us to entirely cede a portion of our place to Victoria the Queen of England and to Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever.
And in token of our consent to entirely cede this portion of our place Victoria the Queen of England on Her part agrees to pay us the sum of One hundred and
Receipt for £150
Received cash—
10 Dec., 1854 150
23 Dec., 1854 100
29 Dec., 1854 100
£500
fifty Pounds (£150) which sum we have this day received from Mr. Searancke.

We acknowledge the receipt of the sum of £150 for Kuripuni received by us on the 23rd December 1854, the sum of £100 received by us on the 29th December 1854 and the sum of £100 received by us on the 10th December 1854 from Mr. McLean. The £150 which we have this day received is the final payment for these lands of ours Kuripuni, Kaiaho and Donald's homestead.

The boundaries of the land commence at Te Ngongototara thence to Donald's

Boundaries.

bridge Te Aotuhirangi, thence towards the North West to te Rongongapu thence to Kaiaho thence to Te Pou o Henare thence to the Queen's boundary thence along the boundary of the land sold to the Queen till it joins Ngongototara.

Well we have considered over we have greeted we have bid good bye and have altogether ceded this place of our ancestors' which they have handed down to us, with its streams its branches its lakes its waters its trees its herbage its stones its hilly places its good places its bad places and everything whether under or over the earth together with everything appertaining to that land—we have finally ceded it under the shining sun of this day as a permanent possession from us for Victoria the Queen of England and the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever.

And in token of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we hereunto set our names and marks.

And in token of the consent of the Queen of England on Her part to all the conditions of this Deed Mr. Searancke one of the Land Purchase Commissioners of the Governor of New Zealand is signed hereto.