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A Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the South Island. Volume Two.

No. 30. — [Translation.]

No. 30.
[Translation.]

This deed, written on this twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord 1864, is a full and final sale, conveyance, and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the tribes Ngaitahu and Ngatimamoe, whose names are hereunto subscribed. And witnesseth that on behalf' of ourselves and relatives and descendants, we have, by signing this deed under the shining sun of this day, parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England, her heirs, the Kings and Queens who may succeed her, and her and their assigns for ever, in consideration of the sum of six thousand pounds (£6000) to us paid by Henry Tacy Clarke, on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said moneys), all that piece of our land the Island Rakiura, a plan of which land is annexed page 392thereto. The manner of the payment of this land is as follows:—Two thousand pounds (£2000) has been to us paid, two thousand pounds is to be held by the Governor to bear interest at the rate of eight per cent., that is one hundred and sixty pounds per annum in all, the interest to be divided annually between Paitu, Teoni Topi Putuki, Teoni Kihau, Frederick Kihau, and Ellen Kihau, and their heirs failing all these, the Governor shall direct how the money is to be applied; two thousand pounds (£2000) to be expended under the direction of the Governor in the purchase of land in the Southland Province for educational and other purposes for the benefit of these tribes. The land we now sell and convey, is the whole of the Island Rakiurs, with its trees, minerals, waters, rivers, lakes, streams, and all appertaining to the said land, or beneath the surface of the said land, and all the large islands, and all the small islands adjacent, and all our right title, claim, and interest whatsoever thereon, to hold to Queen Victoria, her heirs and assigns, as a lasting possession for ever and ever. The lands that are returned to us as reserves, for us and our descendants, are the following:—(1). The first is situated at Lord's Harbour, containing thirty acres. (2). The second is situated at Port Adventure, containing three hundred and thirty acres. (3). The third is all that portion of land situated at the Neck (which has not been previously sold to Europeans), to be reserved for the half-castes residing at the Neck; should there be any remaining after the half-castes have been provided for, it shall be for Ihaia Whaitiri and Hoani Tunarere. (4). The fourth is situated on the North side of Ohekia (Paterson's Inlet), between the new and old saw-mills of Bullock, containing four hundred acres. (5). The fifth is situated on North Point of Hore Shoe Bay, containing forty acres. (6). The sixth is situated at Cultivation Point, Port William, containing eighty acres. (7). The seventh is situated at Raggedy River, containing fifty acres. (8). The eighth is an island (Mitini), near the South head of Masons Bay. (9). The ninth is situated at Toparetutae (Port Easy), containing five acres, and the Titi Islands following, Horomamae, Wharepuaitaha, Kaihuka, Potuatua, Pomatakiarehua, Tia, Taukiepa, Rerewhakaupoko, Mokinui, Mokiti, Timore, Kaimohu, Huirapa, Taketu, Heretatua, Te Pukeotakohe, Tamaitemioka, Pohowaitai, Poutama, Here Kopare, and Pikomamaku. These lands are reserved for us under the protection and management of the Governor. They are coloured yellow on the plan annexed hereto, and in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this deed, we have subscribed our names and marks, and in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this deed, the name of Henry Tacy Clarke, Commissioner, is hereunto subscribed.

[Here follow the signatures.]