Translation.
27 September 1864Mangonui District.This Deed written on this Twenty seventh day of September in
the Year of our Lord 1864 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by
us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Te Rarawa whose names are hereunto
subscribed And Witnesseth that on
Taunoke. behalf of ourselves 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 Five
pounds 10/. Pounds (£5 . 10 . 0.) to us paid by W. B. White on behalf of the
Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all
that piece of our Land situated at Victoria and named Taunoke 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 Dist. Commissioner
Boundaries. [44 acres.] Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the
Land that is to say, The small piece of land on the Banks of the Victoria River,
joining the boundary of the Maungataniwha Block—It contains Forty four acres,
and is more particularly described in the Plan annexed.
Receipt for £5/10/ Received this Twenty seventh day of September in the Year of Our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty four (1864) the Sum of Five Pounds 10/
sterling (£5 . 10.) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written
Deed to be paid by William Bertram White Esq. Civil Commr. on behalf of Her
Majesty the Queen to us.
(Signed) Maihi Te Huhu.
Hone Koru.
Pene Te Pai.
Wiremu
Pikahu.
Matiu Tauhara.
Whare rau.
Witnesses—
Henry Grover.
Geo. Kelly.
H. T. Kemp,
D. Comr.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
29th Oct, 1874.