Translation.
This Deed entered into on the 17th of January in the year
1854 being the consent of Ngatai the owner of the Island of Rangitoto being also
the consent of the Queen of 1854. 17 January.Rangitoto Island. England on her part, now Ngatai the owner of the said Island doth hereby
consent to page 290sell to the Queen of
England and her heirs and successors for ever the Island of Rangitoto for the
sum of £15 hence his now signing his name having first received the £15 Receipt for £15 into his hands.
(Signed) Na Nga Tai.
Witness—
(Sd.) John Grant Johnson, Interpreter
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, September 7th, 1874.