Translation.
8 October 1863This Deed written on this Eighth day of October in the Year
of our Lord 1863 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the
Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ko Te
Mangoui District. "Tahawai" whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on
behalf of our
pupuke. selves our 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 Pounds (£1273 " 16 " 3) to
us paid by
Henry T. Kemp on behalf
of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies)
all that piece of our Land situated at Whangaroa and named Te Pupuke (upper
side) the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan
of which Land is annexed thereto 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 our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To Hold to
Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever
and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we
have hereunto 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
H. T. Kemp Land purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the
boundaries of the Land commencing on the Western
Boundaries. side at a line near to the Matawerohia, the Block some time ago sold to
the Government, from thence it follows the Surveyor's line until it joins the
Maungataniwha Block, it follows the survey line of that Block until it joins the
Kohumaru Block, from thence it follows the line in a northerly direction, until
it joins the survey line of the Block given by certain Natives to the Half Caste
Children of James Bergham from thence until it reaches the Ngaiwitaua Creek and
thence to the Salt water of Whangaroa Harbour, from thence it follows the line
of the piece sold by the Chief Ruinga in a southerly direction, thence along the
line of the portion excluded from the purchase by the Natives along the Pupuke,
and from thence along the Surveyor's line to Matawerohia where the boundary
commenced: But the Plan of the Survey to this Deed annexed will more
particularly point out the exact boundary lines of the Block herein sold and
conveyed to the Queen's Government.
Received this eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight
Receipt for £1,273. 16. 3. hundred and 64 (1864) the Sum of One thousand two hundred and seventy
three 16/3d Pounds sterling (£1273 . 16 . 3) being the consideration money
expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by
H. T. Kemp Dist. Commissioner on behalf of Her
Majesty the Queen to us.
(Signed) Na Hone Heka Ururoa x.
Paora Putete Ururoa.
Arepata
Taniora Kowhiti x.
Na Roki x.
Hare Hongi.
Ruinga, Wiremu
Tuauru.
Na Wiremu Turau x.
Na Tamati Waka Nene x.
Na Rutu—his
wife.
Na Hunia Rari x.
Witnesses—
(Signed) Hone Karahina, Native Teacher.
Heremaia Te Ara,
Assessor.
Hare Tanga of Kaikohe.
Henry Snowden, Settler.
R. C.
Barstow, R. M.
J. H. Greenway, Clerk and Interpreter.
H. T. Kemp,
D. Comr.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
27th August, 1874.