1875. 3 February.Bay of Plenty District.This Deed written on this third day of February in the Year of our Lord 1875 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatimanawa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining Parawai. sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Two hundred and twenty five pounds (£225 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Henry Mitchell Esquire on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Te Awa o te Atua and named Parawai the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees, minerals, waters, rivers, lakes, streams, and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the names of Charles Oliver Boundaries. [1,725 acres.] Bond Davis and H. Mitchell are hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at the North West corner Bounded towards the North West by allotment number twenty seven one hundred and forty seven chains and sixty links and Four thousand and sixteen links thence crossing a road one hundred and eight links thence by allotment number twenty seven aforesaid Nine thousand three hundred and sixty links towards the East by the Tarawera River towards the South by a road one hundred links wide one thousand three hundred and twenty links one thousand three hundred and seventy one links, seven hundred and forty two links, nine hundred and sixty five links Three hundred and eighty links, one thousand seven hundred and seven links, Eight hundred and forty five links, and one thousand seven hundred and sixty one links thence crossing a road One hundred and nine links towards the South East by a road of width aforesaid Three thousand and ninety four links thence towards the North East by a road of width aforesaid seven hundred and forty six links, Two thousand seven hundred and seventeen links and Three hundred and twenty one links again towards the South East by allotment number Thirty One hundred and sixty chains and towards the South West by allotment number Twenty eight Eight thousand seven hundred and forty nine links Intersected from North to South by a road one hundred links wide which is hereby reserved through the said allotment Subject nevertheless to the right of the Governor at any time hereafter to take and lay off for Public purposes one or more line or lines of road on the said land, the said Parawai being situate in the Parish of page 677Matata and County of Rotorua and being allotment number Eighteen and containing by admeasurement one thousand seven hundred and twenty five acres.