Translation.
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.
(Signed) Maraia.
(Signed) Wiremu
Maihi.
(Signed) Rakura Patene.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
(Signed) Robert Menzies, Shipwright, Coromandel.
Thomas Anderson,
Shipwright, Coromandel.
Received this twenty third (23) day of
September in the Year of Our Lord One
Receipt for £45. thousand eight hundred and fifty nine (1859) the Sum of forty five Pounds
sterling (£45) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed
to be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
(Signed) Maraia.
(Signed) Wiremu
Maihi.
(Signed) Rakura Patene.
Witnesses—
(Signed) Robert Menzies, Shipwright, Coromandel.
Thomas Anderson,
Shipwright, Coromandel.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, November 10th, 1874.