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

Translation

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.