Translation.
This Deed written on the seventeenth day of July 1848 is an
agreement between me a 1848. 17 July.Lower Waikato District. Chief of Ngatiteata and the Queen of England on her own behalf Whereby I
the owner of the Land described in this Deed agree to sell this Land to Queen
Victoria in consideration of fifty pounds sterling now given to me wherefore is
now given and delivered over to Victoria Queen; of England and to Her Successors
for ever that Land called the Puni with all thereto belonging its boundaries are
as follows On the North it commences Boundaries. at Wahaoruamano and goes till it reaches Koemoko on the East it goes to
Whaiatiapa to Pukekohi to Iaroa there the Southern boundary begins and continues
along the Waikato river to Ngateke on the West the boundary goes to Wahaoruamano
the Plan of this Land is drawn on the other side of this.
Witness my Signature—
(Signed) Aihepene Kaihau.
Signed in the presence of—
James Baber.
I have received fifty pounds sterling therefore I sign my name.Receipt for £50.
(Signed) Aihepene Kaihau.
Signed in the presence of—
James Baber.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
July 12th, 1875.
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