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

[Deeds—No. 254.]

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Deeds—No. 254.

Wharau No. 1 Block, Manukau District

1848. 25 March.Manukau District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te ra 25 o Maehe kotahi mano warn rau e wa tekau ma waru te whakaaetanga o Katipa nga rangatira me nga tangata o Ngatatiata te wakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko matou nga tangata i te kainga Wharau No. I. e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka na ka whakaae nei ki te hoko i tenei Whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei atu mo e rima tekau nga pauna moni ka hoatu nei ki a matou nokonei ka hoatu nei ka tuku atu nei ki a Victoria te Kuini o Ingarani ki te Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake ake ake i taua whenua, me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga Ko ona rohe koia enei.
Boundaries. Ka timata i Kokoreka, ka rere Pukekaroro, haere tonu ka marere ki Waimatuku, te rohe ki te hauauru ko te moana, tae noa ki te Matatahi, ka timata haere tonu tae noa ki te Wharau, ko te rohe ki Manukau ka timata ki te Wharau tae noa ki te Kokoreka, ka mutu, kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei.

Tirohia o matou ingoa—

Na Katipa x Tana Tohu.
Ihaia Manga.
Na Ohaia x Tana Tohu.
Wiremu Maihi Rori tona tohu.
Paora Taui.
Na Hori Katipa.
Na Aporo x tana tohu.
Wiremu Kakahi.

I tuhituhia nga ingoa me nga tohu i te tirohanga o—

James Baber, Clk.name, Survey Office.
James Russell.
C. O. Davis, Auckland, Interpreter.

Kua riro mai i a matou e rima tekau pauna moni, koia matou ka tuhituhi nei i oReceipt for £50, on account of Ngatiteata. matou ingoa.

Na Katipa x Tana Tohu.
Ihaia Manga.
Na Ohaia x Tana Tohu.
Wiremu Maihi Rori tona tohu.
Paora Taui.
Na Hori Katipa.
Na Aporo x tana tohu.
Wiremu Kakahi.

James Baber, Clk.name, Survey Office.
James Russell.
C. O. Davis, Auckland, Interpreter.

Translation.

1848. 25 March.Manukau District.This Deed written on the 25th of March one thousand eight hundred and forty eight—The consenting of Katipa and the Chiefs and men of Ngatiteata—also the consenting of Queen Victoria for herself—We the owners or the land herein described do hereby consent to sell this Land to Queen Victoria for the Sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling now Wharau No. I. given to us and we now give up and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens after her for ever this Land and all appurtenances.
These are the boundaries—Commencing at Kokoreke thence to Pukekarore thence Boundaries. to Waimatuku The boundary to the West is the Sea shore until it reaches Te Matatahi thence to Te Wharau—The boundary on the Manukau commences at Te Wharau and joins Kokoreke.

See our names—

(Signed) Katipa x.
Ihaia Manga.
Hohaia x.
Wiremu Maihi Rori.
Paora Tani.
Hori Katipa.
Aporo.
Wiremu Kakahi.

Our names and marks written in the presence of—

(Signed)James Baber, Clk., Survey Office.
" C. O. Davis, Auckland, Interpreter.
" James Russell.

We have received Fifty Pounds wherefore we write our names.Receipt for £50.

(Signed) Katipa x.
Ihaia Manga.
Hohaia x.
Wiremu Maihi Rori.
Paora Tani.
Hori Katipa.
Aporo.
Wiremu Kakahi.

(Signed)James Baber, Clk., Survey Office.
C. O. Davis, Auckland, Interpreter.
James Russell.

A true translation.

(Signed) John Jermyn Symonds, Native Secretary.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 12th, 1875.

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