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

[Deeds—No. 406.]

Deeds—No. 406.

Ramarama Block (Extension of), Lower Waikato District.

1853. 18 May.Lower Waikato District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te ra 18 o Mei i te tau kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o Te Nga, o Ihaka, o te Pepene o te Mania te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko Te Nga, Te Pepene, Ihaka, Ramarama Extension. Te Mania nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga pauna, kotahi tekau ka hoatu nei ki a Te Mania, Te Nga, Te Pepene, Ihaka, nokonei ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki a Victoria te Kuini o Ingarani, ki te Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake, ake, ake, i taua whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga—ko to matou whakaaetanga Boundaries. kia tuku rawa te rohe o nga kai ruri ki te taha ki te marangai o te whenua, ara, o te rohe i whakaritea ai mo Rama Rama—ki te ritenga o te Mapi ki tua o tenei pukapuka koia tenei 3° ki te taha marangai o te rama tuturu, ka timata i Tauranga Hioi a haere tonu ki runga i te kaka—a tutuki noa ki te rohe i Tane te waiora.

Ko te Nga.
Ko Ihaka.
Pepene.
te retimana.

I te aroaro o—

John Grant Johnson, Interpreter.

Receipt for £10. Kua riro mai i a matou nga pauna kotahi tekau £10 kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki tenei pukapuka; Koia a matou ingoa ka tuhituhi i tenei ra 18 o Mei i te tau o to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma toru.

Na Ihaka.
Pepene.
te retimana mania.
Ko te Nga.

I te aroaro o—

John Grant Johnson, Interpreter.

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 thereforeReceipt 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.