This Deed made the twentieth day of November (1874) in the year one thousand 1874. 20 November. Bay of Plenty District. eight hundred and seventy four Between Wiremu Maihi te Rangikaheke, Hori Karaka and Taupo te Hura, aboriginal chiefs of the Colony of New Zealand on behalf of the members of the Ngatikereru tribe (hereinafter called the Vendors) of the one part Parish Matata, allot.16, no.2. and Her Majesty Queen victoria of the other part, Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty five pounds Stg. (£125) paid by Her said Majesty to the vendors (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) They the vendors Receipt for £125. do and each of them doth hereby surrender convey and assure unto Her said Majesty her heirs and successors, All that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement six hundred and ninety eight acres more or less and being allotment number sixteen in the Parish of Matata in the County of Rotorua. Bounded towards the North by a road one hundred links Boundaries. [698 acres.] wide, three thousand seven hundred and eight links and one hundred and eighty two links towards the East by allotment number seventeen, seventeen thousand eight hundred and eighty links, towards the South by allotment number twenty three, three thousand eight hundred and forty links, and towards the West by allotment number fifteen, eighteen thousand five hundred links, As the same is delineated by the plan drawn hereon edged red, With all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging, To hold the same unto Her said Majesty her heirs and successors for ever In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names.