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

[Deeds—No. 45.]

Deeds—No. 45.

page 63

Allotments in Township of Russell, Bay of Islands District.

Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei Te 14th o nga ra o Hanueri i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1862. 14 January.Bay of Islands District. 1862 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o "Ngaitawake" no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu Bay of Islands District. tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei Pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu kia Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni Kotahi Rau e ono tekau ma rima kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Henare Kepa mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Kororareka, kei te taha o te pihi o Hori Kuku ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu kia Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi o ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Henare Kepa Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua Koia enei, kua oti nei te tino whakamarama ki te Mapi Bay of Islands District. o te Ruritanga o aua pihi, e apiti nei i tenei pukapuka, a kua oti nei te meheua e Te Kai Ruri Whenua.
Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te 14th o nga ra o Hanueri i te tau o to Tatou Receipt for £165. Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e ono tekau ma rua (1862) nga Pauna moni Kotahi rau e ono tekau ma rima (£165 . 0 . 0) Ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e e Te Henare Kepa mo te Kuini.

Tamati Waka x.
Hakuone Whai x.
Te Hira Te Ohu.
Tamati Waka Mo x.
Wi Kaitara X Anni Taiuru.
Hakuone Whai—Mo X Wi Te
Pahi.
Rewiri Tarapata Moka.
H. T. Kemp,
D.C.

Nga Kai-titiro—

Robert Clapham Barstow, Resident Magistrate, Russell.
Charles French Johns, Gentleman, Russell.
Hemi Irinoko, Waimate.

Translation.

This Deed written on this the 14th day of January in the Year of our Lord 1862 is a 1862. 14 January.Bay of Islands District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngaitawake 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 Allotments in Russell Township 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 One Hundred and sixty five Pounds (£165 . 0 . 0) to us paid by H. T. Kemp Dist. Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Kororareka (Russell) and joining Geo. Cook's Land 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 name of H. T. Kemp Dist. Commissr. Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land are these, vzt., the Boundaries that are more particularly Boundaries. described in the Plan, and survey hereunto annexed, the quantity thereof having been duly ascertained by the Surveyor.
Received this 14th day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight Receipt for £165. hundred and 62 (1862) the Sum of One Hundred and sixty five Pounds sterling (£165 . 0 . 0) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by H. T. Kemp on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

(Signed)
Tamati Waka x.
Hakuene Whai x.
Te Hira te Ohu.
Tamati Waka—mo.
Wi Kaitara x Anni Taiuru.
Hakuene Wahi—mo Wi Te
puhi.
Rewiri Tarapata Moka.
H. T. Kemp, D.C.

page 64

Witnesses—

(Signed)

Robert Clapham Barstow, Resident Magistrate, Russell. Charles French Johns, Gentleman, Russell. Hemi Irinoko, Waimate.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 27th August, 1874.