Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deeds—No. 415.]

Deeds—No. 415.

Kakaramea Block, Ramarama, Waikato District.

Kia mohio nga tangata katoa ki enei Pukapuka no tenei ra no te rua tekau ma toru o 1857. 23 July.Waikato District. Hurae (23rd July) i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu 1857 Ko matou ko nga Rangatira Maori me nga Tangata Maori hoki o Nui Tireni Kakaramea. e mau nei nga ingoa i raro nei hei whakaritenga mo nga pauna moni E rua rau kotahi tekau (£210) E rua rau o nga pauna moni kua utua mai ki a matou e Herangi (William N. Searancke) mo te Kuini Wikitoria (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko matou katoa ko ia tangata ko ia tangata a ko tenei pukapuka te whakaaetanga ka hoko nei ka tuku nei ka hoatu nei ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona Uri ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia me ana e hoatu ai taua wahi whehua katoa He apitanga tenei ki te whenua ko Ramarama te ingoa.

Ka timata te rohe ki Pukewhau haere tonu ki te Matoa haere tonu i te ara ruri ki Boundaries. te Rotokoko ki Pari-o-te-ari ka puta ki te Rori o nga Pakeha ki Mangatawhiri haere tonu i taua Rori (otira kia rua tekau ma rua hikoinga waewae i te taha o taua Rori ka whakaae atu matou) ki Waikorowhiti ka heke Kakaramea ka haere Rawhitiroa te Putanga tenei ki te ruri o te Omipi (Mr. Ormsby) haere tonu i tona ruritanga ki Tani te Whiora ki Mangatawhiri Me nga tikanga katoa me nga mea katoa o taua whenua me te tikanga me te putake me te panga me te wahi me te tononga o matou katoa o matou takitahi ranei e mau ake nei ki taua whenua A hei mau tonu taua whenua me ona mea katoa ki a te Kuini me ana e hoatu ai mo ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo tenei tukunga kua tuhia nei o matou ingoa.

Poaita Pikiho.
Hami Moutoke.
Tamati Te Rangi.
Ngawaka.
Neha Pioho.
Wekete.
Raharuha Te Moana.
Karena Te Matetaua.

I tuhia i te aroaro o—

James H. H. Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.
Robert Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.

Kua riro mai i tenei ra i te rua tekau ma toru o nga ra o Hurae i te tau o to tatouReceipt for £200. Ariki 1857 nga pauna moni e rua rau (£200).

Poaita Pikiho.
Hami Moutoke.
Tamati Te Rangi.
Neha Pioho.
Ngawaka.
Wekete.
Raharuha Te Moana.
Karena Te Matetaua.

I tuhia i te aroaro o—

James H. H. Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.
Robert Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.

Kua riro mai ki au i tenei ra i te 23 o Hepitema 1857 nga pauna moni kotahi tekau1857. 23 September.Receipt for £10. i whakaaetia i te Pukapuka tuku whenua i tuhituhia i te 23 o Hurae 1857. Heoi ko te otinga tenei o nga moni e rua rau kotahi tekau (£210) e whakaaetia mo matou.

Nahami.

Kai titiro—

Elwin B. Dickson, Clerk, Native Office.
Henry Monro, Interpreter.

Translation.

Know all men by these Presents that on this Twenty third 23 day of July in the year 1857. 23 July.Waikato District. of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven 1857. We the undersigned Aboriginal Native Chiefs and Aboriginal Natives of New Zealand In Consideration of the sum of Two Hundred and ten Pounds (£210) Two Hundred Pounds of which Kakaramea. money has been paid to us by William N. Searancke Esquire on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) Do and Each of us doth hereby Sell Release and Convey unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria Her Heirs Successors and Assigns all that Piece or Parcel of Land additional to the Land known as Ramarama.

The boundary commences at Pukewhau thence on to te Matoa thence on along Boundaries. the Survey Line to Rotokoko and to Pari-o-te-ari thence on along the public road to Mangatawhiri thence on following the said road (moreover we consent to give twenty two yards beyond the edge of the said Road) to Waikorowhiti thence down hill to Kakaramea thence on to Rawhitiroa where it strikes Ormsby's Survey Line thence on along his Survey Line to Tani-te-Whiora and to Mangatawhiri. And all the Rights and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and all the Right Title Interest Claim and Demand whatsoever of Us and each of Us the Undersigned therein or thereunto To Hold the said Land and Appurtenances unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Assigns absolutely for ever. In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our names.

Poaita Pikiho,and 7 other signatures.

Witnesses—

James H. H. Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.
Robert Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.

Received on this Twenty third day of July in the year of Our Lord 1857 The SumReceipt for £200. of Two Hundred Pounds (£200).

Poaita Pikiho,
and 7 other signatures.

page 576

Signed in the Presence of—

James H. H. Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.
Robert Siggs, Farmer, Moungatawhiri.

1857. 23 September.Receipt for £10. Received by me on this twenty third (23) day of September One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven (1857) the sum of ten pounds which was promised in the Deed of Sale executed on the twenty third (23) of July 1857. This is the final instalment of the sum of Two hundred and ten pounds (£210) promised to us.

Nahami.

Witness—

Elwin B. Dickson, Clerk, Native Office.
Henry Monro, Interpreter.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 8th, 1875.

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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deeds—No. 415.]

Kakaramea Block, Ramarama, Waikato District.

Translation.