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

Agreement

Agreement

Ngaruawahia, 13 March, 1873.
Agreement to lease.We the undersigned do and each of us doth hereby agree to Lease unto Charles Tothill his heirs executors administrators and assigns for the term hereinafter mentioned all that piece or parcel of land situate at Patetere and called or known by the name of Te Pakuranga bounded as described in the Schedule hereto yielding and paying rent at the rate of Five pounds sterling per annum for each and every one thousand acres page 589therein contained until such time as the said land shall have passed through the Native Land Court and shall have been stocked with sheep and at such time the said Charles Tothill shall pay an additional sum of Five pounds per annum for each and every one thousand acres of land contained in the said block and we further agree that so soon as the said land shall have passed through the Native Land Court we will when called upon so to do sign and execute to the said Charles Tothill or his assigns a good and valid lease of the said land on the terms herein and for a term of Twenty one years from the date thereof In Witness Whereof we have hereunto signed our names.

Tumai Tawhiti x his mark.
Ko Tawhiora.
Ko Hamahoria Heretaunga.
Ihaia Kopiri x his mark.
Riri ata Kahora x his mark.
Te Mahiana x his mark.

Signed by Tawhiora and Hamahoria Heretaunga, in the pressence of—

J. W. Preece.

Signed by Tumai Tawhiti Ihaia Kopiri, Riri ata Kahora and Te Mahiana the presence of—

Geo. Drummond Hay, Licensed Interpreter.