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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

Translation

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 paid812 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 advancesDouble instalment. already received for the payment of our debts amounting to £812 - 13 - 0. making a total of £2100 - 0 - 0.