Ohinemuri Block (Gold Fields Agreement), Thames District.
He mea tuhituhi na matou ki Pukatea-wainui kei Ohinemuri i tenei te tekau nga iwa o nga ra o Tihema 1868.
Rapata te Pokiha.
Wikiriwhi te Hautanga.
Pereniki Tekokako x his
mark.
Ngatai.
Pokai rikipaka.
Pukepoto Pokai x his mark.
Hoani
Mataia.
Timotiu.
Epiha te koiwi.
wata
hatara.
Remehia.
Wiremu Koroneho.
te harawira Reweti.
Ko Hoera
te mimiha.
timi wha tai whakaea.
Renata tamati.
Hira Wani.
te
Kemara tiraruatine.
Potae x his mark.
Mira te Mimihia x his
mark.
Tereiti te Aorere x his mark.
Erana Kohiko x her mark.
Rihi
te Ao x her mark.
Paraone te Maupu x his mark.
Watana Taiwhakaia x his
mark.
Hokamohi x his mark.
Tupeka te Whakamau x his mark.
Hariata
Paripumate Turner x his mark.
Te Rira x his mark
Ruiha Kemara x her
mark.
Miriama Kaurapa x her mark.
Rihi Arawira x her
mark.
Harawira Kaitara x his mark.
Matenga Paraone x his
mark.
pakara ngaroma.
Paora.
Ereatara te ngaru nui.
te Kepa
Raharuhi.
Hapi Rewi.
Poihipi Hohua.
te Pirihi te tiunga.
Haira
te Puihi.
Mereana tauraro x her mark.
Timara x her mark.
Mete
Pokihi x her mark.
Timoti Huia.
Pita te Heihei x his mark.
Reupena
te Pia x his mark.
Topi te Kahuwhara.
Tuainuku x his mark.
Te Puke
x his mark.
Taraia Ngakuti x his mark.
Kiritina Tamihana.
Hemi
Tamihana.
MateneKata x his mark.
Erueti Toanui x his
mark.
Aperahama Tupou x his mark.
Ngakuku x his mark.
Tini Poaka x
his mark.
honana.
Witness to signatures—
C. T. F. B. de Thierry.
Kua whakaae ano ahau ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka mo te taha ki a te Kawana.
James Mackay, Jr.,
Civil Commissioner.
Te Puke,
Na te Wano.
Na Potae.
Papaturoa, Tihema
Na to hoa,
Na te Wano Toiwhare.
Ohinemuri, 19 Tihema, 1868.
Taraia Ngakutix his mark.
Witness to signature—
Br. C. T. F. deThierry, L.T.
page 535 In consideration of Ropata te Pokiha and other persons of the tribe Ngatitamatera1868. 19 December.Agreement to pay £1,500 as deposit. of Hauraki having this day ceded to Sir George Ferguson Bowen K.G.C.M.G. Governor of New Zealand, all their Lands at Ohinemuri in the Districk of Hauraki for goldmining purposes I James Mackay Jr. Esquire Civil Comissioner for the Colony of New Zealand do hereby agree for and on behalf of Her Majesty's Colonial Government to pay to Ropata te Pokiha and the other persons of the tribe Ngatitamatera signing the said agreement the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds (£1500) as a deposit to bind the said agreement Five hundred pounds (£500) of the said sum to be a bonus for the cession of the said lands, for gold mining purposes and one thousand pounds (£1000) to be an advance repayable out of Miners' Rights fees hereafter to be received within the district of Ohinemuri. Signed at Ohinemuri this nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty eight.(Signed) James Mackay, Jr.,
Civil Commissioner.