Otoia Block, Ngatiruanui District.
1875. 16 March. Ngatiruanui District.
This Deed
made the sixteenth day of March 1875 Between Her Majesty Queen Victoria on the
onepart and
Taurua Tuteri Taonga Tutange Turia Rangiwaea Moke Te Moanaroa,Otoia.
Rangihaeata Te Kari Akiaki Hinekorako Hinerangi Kaewa Roimata Apakura Pionga Waitohu Hokopaura Raumati Mere Taurua Te Ahu Tumahuki Te Rakete Rangawhenua Kariritae Patea, Tumawhero Te Reiwhanga Renga Mawhirirangi Hinewai Tuhia Wharepuha Ueroa Tutenga Tima Urutau Tangiawa Ahunga Onekura Paremena Moewai Ngapeta Ngarewaof
Ngatiruanuiaboriginal Natives of the Colony of New Zealand (hereinafter called the Vendors) of the other part witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and thirty two pounds ten shillings (£332 . 10 . 0) by Her
Receipt for £332 10s.
Majesty paid
tothe Vendors on the execution hereof (and the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the Vendors do and each of them doth hereby surrender convey and assure unto Her said Majesty all that block of parcel of land containing two thousand six hundred and sixty acres or thereabouts known or called
Otoiaas the same is
moreparticularly described in the schedule
heretoand delineated on the plan drawn on this Deed and colored red, together with all rights and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining
, Tohold the said land and premises with the appurtenances unto Her said Majesty her heirs and successors for ever. In Witness whereof the Vendors have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written
. Taurua.
Tuteri.
Taonga
x her mark.
Tutange.
Turiai.
Rangiwaea
x his mark.
Moko.
Te Moanaroa.
Rangihaeata.
Te Kari
x her mark.
Akiaki
x her mark.
Hinekorako
x
her mark.
Hinerangi
x her mark.
Kaewa
x her mark.
Roimata
x her
mark.
Apakura
x her mark.
Pionga
x her mark.
Waitohu
x her
mark.
Hokopaura.
Raumati.
Mere Taurua
x her mark.
Te
Ahu.
Tumahuki.
Te Rakete
x his mark.
Rangawhenua
x his mark.
Kariritae
x her mark.
Patea.
Tumawhero.
Te Reiwhanga
x her
mark.
Renga
x her mark.
Mawhirirangi
x her mark.
Hinewai
x her
mark.
Tuhia.
Wharepuha.
Ueroa.
Tutenga.
Tima
x her
mark.
Urutau
x her mark.
Tangiawa
x her mark.
Ahunga
x her
mark.
Onekura
x his mark.
Paramena.
Moewai
x her mark.
Ngapeta
x her mark.
Ngarewa.
Signed by the said Vendors after the contents had been read over and explained
tothem by Wellington Carrington an Interpreter under The Native Lands Act 1873 (they appearing clearly
tounderstand the same) In the presence of
—
R. Parris
,
R.M. & Civil
Commr.
C. A.
Wray
,
J.P.
Hone Pipama
,
an assessor.