This Deed written on this twenty third (23) day of September in the Year of our Lord 1859. 23 September. Coromandel District. 1859 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Whanaunga whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Kopuranui. 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 forty five Pounds (£45) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Waiau and named Kopuranui 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 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 Boundaries Land commencing at Otanemoeroa following the banks of the Awa Kanae up the stream to Kahikatearoa then turning in a north easterly direction as far as Kopuranui thence following the ridge of that name and adjoining the block sold by Maihi till it meets the block sold by Horopeta then following the boundary of that block in a westerly direction to Otanemoeroa.