Ruapekapeka Block, Ngatimaru District.
1874. 28 February. Ngatimaru District.
Kia mohio
nga tangata katoa ko tenei pukapuka i tuhituhi i te rua tekau ma waru o nga ra o Pepuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi niano e waru rau e whitu tekau maRuapekaoeka.
wha ko ahau ko Rangihekeiho he tangata Maori Rangatira o te hapu o Ngatimaru e mau nei taku ingoa ki raro nei kua whakaae ahau ki te hoko ki te tukua rawatia atu nei te tino hoatu neiki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri atu i a ia taua wahi whenua katoa e huaina ko Ruapekapeka e takoto nei teBoundaries. [400 acres.]
tuhituhi ona rohe katoa koia enei ka timata ki te kongutu o te awa o Mangamoeahu i te hononga ki Waitara kei Kopua haere tonu i te taha o te awa Waitara ka tae ki Aupapa i reira ka huri ka piki ki runga ki te kahiwi ka haere ki Ruapekapeka ka huri i reira ki te whakarua haere atu ka huri ki te rawhiti ka haere ki Tautari ka huri ki reira ki te whakarua ka haere ki te Kawau ka huri ki reira ki te rawhiti ka haere piko te raina tae atu ki Poukaikatoa ka huri ka konei ki te tonga ka haere i runga i te raina te rohe o te whenua kua hokona ki te Kawanatanga ara Waitara Taramouku ka tae ki te awa o Mangamoeahu ki Pakaitangata ka huri ki reira ka haere tonu ki roto ki te awa ki Mangamoeahu tae tonu atu ki te kongutu ki te wahi tumata ai. Tenei ano te ahua o taua wahi whenua kua oti te hanga ki te taha nei o tenei pukapuka. Ko te utu mo taua whenua kua whakarite e Parete kua whakaae hoki ahau koia tenei rima tekauReceipt for £50.
pauna (£50) ko tenei moni kua riro mai ki ahau na Parete i homai i tenei ra. Heoi ano te utu mo taua wahi whenua ko nga moni kua riro mai ki Ahau i tenei ra. Na hei tohu mo taku whakaaetanga ki nga kupu e takoto nei ki tenei pukapuka ka tuhituhi ahau i taku ingoa nei.Rangihekeiho x tona tohu.
Nga Kai Titiro—
Fred. A.
Carrington, Superintendent, Taranaki.
J. Stephenson Smith,
Commr. Crown Lands.
W.
Carrington, J.P.
Tahana, Kaiwakawa.
Porikapa,
Kaiwakawa.
Tamihana.
do solemnly and sincerely declare that previous
tothe execution of the above Deed of Cession of the
Ruapekapekablock of land
Iread over and explained the said Deed
tothe seller
(whosaid
hefully understood it) in the presence of the witnesses
toDeclaration of Civil Commissionor.
the execution of the said Deed. And
I makethis solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same
tobe true, and by virtue of the provisions of "The Justices of the Peace Act
, 1866."
R.
Parris,
Civil Commissioner.
Declared before me at New Plymouth this fifth day of March, 1874.
Rich. Chilman,
Justice of the Peace.