Translation.
This Deed entered into on the Second of October in the year
1852 the consenting of 1852. 2 October. Hemi te Ngohi Chief of Te Uri o te ao of the Nga Tipare the consenting
also of the Te Rape. Queen of England on her part now I Hemi Te Ngohi being the owner of the
Land described in this Deed do agree to sell this Land to Queen Victoria for the
sum of Six Pounds, given now into my hand. For this I give and make over to
Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs for ever this Land and all appurtenances
thereto belonging, the following are the Boundaries on the East by the line cut
to the East of the road, on the Boundaries. North by the Land sold to Mr. Hart on the West by the Land sold to Mr.
Chisholm. A sketch of this Land is on the other side.
Witness my name—
(Signed) Hemi Te Ngohi x his mark.
Witnesses—
(Signed) John Grant
Johnson, Interpreter.
Andrew
Sinclair.
Received by me Hemi Te Ngohi the Six Pounds as
agreed to in this Deed hence my
Receipt for £6. writing this my name on the Second day of October in the year of our Lord
1852.
(Signed) Hemi te Ngohi x his mark.
Witnesses—
(Signed) John Grant
Johnson, Interpreter.
Andrew
Sinclair.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
September 11th, 1874.