Translation.
This Deed written on this thirteenth day of November in the
year of our Lord 1858 1858. 13 November.
Coromandel District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by me the Chief of the
Tribe Patukirikiri whose name is hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on
behalf of myself my relatives and descendants I have by signing this Deed under
the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria
Queen of England Her Heirs Pukeatua. the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for
ever in consideration of the Sum of Seventy Pounds (£70) to mo paid by James
Preece district Land purchase Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of my Land
situate at Coromandel and named Ruke Atua 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 my 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 my consent
to all the conditions of this Deed I have hereunto subscribed my name. And in
testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the
conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece, District Land Purchase
Commissioner, is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land
commencing Boundaries. [350 acres] at Te Tutu and running in a southerly direction along Mr. Preece's
boundary as far as Te Kirikiri then turning to the north-east in a straight line
to Puke Atua from thence following the ridge in a north-westerly direction to
Pukerahui then in a southwesterly direction (and adjoining the piece of land
sold by Ara Kuri) to Te Tutu.
Pita.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
H. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel Harbour.
J. W.
Preece, Farmer, Stapleton, Coromandel Harbour.
Received this
thirteenth 13 day of November in the year of our Lord One
Receipt for £70 thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight (1858) the Sum of Seventy Pounds
sterling (£70) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed
to be paid by James Preece, district Commissioner, on behalf of Her Majesty the
Queen to me.
Pita.
Witnesses—
H. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel Harbour.
J. W.
Preece, Farmer, Stapleton, Coromandel Harbour.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, November 3rd, 1874.