Translation.
This Deed written on this second day of November in the Year
of our Lord 1864 is a 1864. 2 November.Manuku District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and people
of the Tribe Ngatiteata 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 Waiuku No. II. 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 five thousand two hundreds and
fifty Pounds (£5250 - 0 - 0) to us paid by Henry Hanson Turton Special
Commissioner on behalf of Price of block, £5,250. the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said
monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Waiuku and named Waiuku 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 Henry Hanson Turton Special Commissioner is hereunto subscribed.
These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Te Pa o Kokako on the Manukau
Harbor Boundaries, and following thence along the coast line of the Manukau Harbor and the
coast line of the Waiuku-River to the Township of Waiuku thence along the
boundary of the Waiuku Block to the Awaroa Stream thence along the course of the
Awaroa Stream to its junction with Waikato River thence along the banks of the
Waikato River to its mouth, following thence along the West Coast line to the
entrance of Manukau Harbor at Te Pa o Kokako where the boundaries commence. The
arrangement according to which this sale is effected will be found on the
memorandum appended to this deed. But the Blocks of land within these boundaries
formerly purchased by the Government are not included within the terms of this
Deed.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Jas. Speedy; Resident Magistrate, Waiuku.
E. Percy Smith, Govt.
District Surveyor, Waiuku.
Philip H. King, Interpreter to Resident
Magistrate's Court.
John T. Mellsop, Clerk to do. do.
Henry Hanson Turton, J.P.
Special Commissioner.
Received this second day of
November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
Receipt for | £1,287 7 |
Debts paid | 812 13 |
| £2,100 0 |
eight hundred and sixty-four (1864) the Sum of one thousand two hundred
and eighty-seven pounds seven shillings sterling (1287 - 7 - 0.) being the first
consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by Henry
Hanson Turton Special Commissioner on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us. Add
to this the advances
Double instalment. already received for the payment of our debts amounting to £812 - 13 - 0.
making a total of £2100 - 0 - 0.