Translation.
This Deed written on this twenty fourth day of May in the
Year of our Lord 1865 is 1865. 24 May. a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and
People of the Tribe Ngatikahu whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth
that on behalf of Whangarei District. ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed
under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto
Victoria Queen of England Otakairangi. Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their
Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of five hundred Pounds (£500 . 0 .
0) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we
hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land
situated at Wairua and named Otakairangi 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 William N. Searancke Commissioner is
hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing on the
Wairua river Boundaries. [5,415 acres.] at the confluence of the Paparata creek, runs inland in a westerly
direction on the north side of the Purua and Karewarewa hills to Oniau, hence
northerly to the Swamp to Motu-uta hence Easterly in the Swamp to Te Tungutu on
the Okarika river and down the Okarika to its confluence with the Wairua, hence
southerly down the Wairua to the point of commencement at Paparata.
Ngamako.
Nga Ware Te Puia x his mark.
Tipene Hari x.
Hepeniha.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
John S. Rust, Storekeeper, Whangarei.
Robert Dent, Storekeeper,
Whangarei.
William N. Searancke.
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Received this twenty fourth day of May in the Year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty five (1865) the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds sterlingReceipt for £500. (£500 . 0 . 0) being the whole consideration money expressed in the
above-written Deed to be paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of Her Majesty
the Queen to us.
Nga Mako.
Nga Ware Te Puia x his mark.
Witnesses—
John S. Rust, Storekeeper, Whangarei.
Robert Dent, Storekeeper,
Whangarei.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
January 19th 1875.