Translation.
This Deed written on this fifth (5th) day of January in the
Year of our Lord 1860 is a
1860. 5 January.Kaipara District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People
of the Tribe of Ngatiwhatua whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth
that on behalf of
Kaukapakapa. 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
(Keeene's Reserve.) Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their
Assigns for ever in consideration the Sum of Fifteen Pounds (£15 . 0 . 0) to us
paid by
John Rogan on behalf of the
Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all
that piece of our Land situated at Kaukapakapa, being the portion reserved for
Te Keene 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 John Rogan District Commissioner is here-unto
Boundaries. subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at the
Kaukapakapa stream and following the winding of the stream to the neck it then
crosses the neck to the stream where the boundaries joins. This is the portion
which was reserved for Te Keene at the sale of the Kaukapakapa block West.
(Sd.) John Rogan,
District Commissioner.
Keene.
Paraone.
Paora.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Henry Monro,
Clerk and Interpreter, Native Secretary's
Department.
John White, Interpreter, Land Purchase Department.
Received this fifth (5th) day of January in the Year, of Our Lord One thousandReceipt for £15. eight hundred and sixty (1860) the Sum of Fifteen Pounds sterling (£15 .
0 . 0) being the full consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed
to be paid by John Rogan,
District Commissioner on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
Keene.
Paraone.
Paora.
Witnesses—
Henry Monro,
Clerk and Interpreter, Native Secretary's Dept.
John White, Interpreter, Land Purchase Dept.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
October 20th, 1874.