Translation.
1853. 18 May.Lower Waikato District.This Indenture executed on the 18 of May in the Tear 1853
being an agreement the Chiefs Te Nga, Isaac Pepene and Retimana te Mania and Her
Majesty the Queen of England on her part, Now the said Nga, Isaac Pepene and
Retimana Te Mania being the owners of the land hereinafter described in this
Deed hereby consent to sell this
Ramarama Extension. Land to the Queen Victoria in consideration of the sum of £10 to be duly
paid to the
page 569said Nga, Isaac
Pepene and te Retimana te Mania in virtue of which we hereby give and make over
to Victoria Queen of England to the Kings or Queens succeeding her for ever the
said piece of Land and all appurtenances thereunto belonging this being our
consent to the extension of the Boundary Line of Rama Rama to the Eastward as
Boundaries. described in the plan endorsed on the back thereof being a line 3° to
the Eastward of the original boundary commencing at Tauenga Hioi thence to the
top of the range where it joins the line from Tane to Waiora.
(Signed) Ko te Nga.
Ko Ihaka
Pepene.
Te Retimana.
Witness—
John Grant Johnson,
Interpreter.
We acknowledge to have received the sum of £10 above
mentioned and therefore
Receipt for £10. we subscribe our names on this 18th day of May in the year of Our Lord
1853.
(Signed) Ko te Nga.
Ko Ihaka Pepene.
Te Retimana Mania.
Witness—
John Grant Johnson,
Interpreter.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
21st July, 1875.