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

Pukemahoe Block, Ngatimaru District

Pukemahoe 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 mano e waru rau e whitu tekau ma wha ko maiou ko nga Maori nga tangata o te hapu o Ngatimaru e mau nei nga ingoa ki

Pukemahoe.

raro nei kua whakaae matou ki te hoko ki te tukua rawatia atu nei te tino hoatu nei e matou ki 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 Pukemahoe e takoto nei te tuhituhi ona rohe katoa koia enei. Ka timata ki te kongutu o te awa o Mangapureo te

Boundaries. [1,000 acres.]

hononga ki Waitara ka haere piki atu ki te kahiwi ka haere ki Ratawaero kai Kaimiko i runga i te raina te rohe o te whenua kua hokona ki te Kawanatanga ara Waitara Taramouku tae atu ki te awa Kairoa ka huri ki konei ki te rawhiti ka haere tonu i roto i taua awa tae atu ki te kongutu te tomonga ki roto ki te awa Waitara ka haere tonu i roto i Waitara piko tonu tae atu ki Mangapureo ki te wahi i timata ai. He wahi ano i rahuitia he urupa kei Pohohitoa kotahi (1) eka. Tenei ano te ahua o taua wahi whenua kua oti te hanga ki te taha o tenei pukapuka. Ko te utu mo taua whenua kua whakarite e Parete kua whakaae hoki matou koia tenei kotahi rau e rua tekau ma runa pauna (£125) ko tenei moni kua riro mai ki a matou na Parete i homai i tenei ra.

Receipt for £125.

Heoi ano te utu mo taua wahi whenua ko nga moni kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra.

Na hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga kupu e takoto nei ki tenei pukapuka ka tuhituhi e matou o matou ingoa nei.

Tihirua x tona tohu.
Tuanini.
Moihi Rangi.
Putaka x tona tohu.
Ngahina x tona tohu.
Ko Te Rua Kiaotea.
Tumaunga.

Nga Kaititiro—

Fred. A. Carrington, Superintendent, Taranaki.
J. Stephenson Smith, Commr. Crown Lands.
W. Carrington, J.P.
Tahana, Kaiwhakawa.
Porikapa, Kaiwhakawa.
Tamihana.

Declaration of Commissioner.

I

do solemnly and sincerely declare that, previous

to

the execution of the above Deed of Cession of the

Pukemahoe

block of land

, I

read over and explained the said Deed

to

the sellers

(who

said they fully understood it) in the presence of the Witnesses

to

the execution of the said Deed; and

I make

this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same

to

be 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.