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

[Deeds—No. 316.]

Deeds—No. 316.

Waikahika Block, Coromandel District.

1859. 19 December.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te tekau ma iwa o nga ra o Tihema i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngati Maru no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei Waikahika. whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni e rua tekau £20 kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi kai whakarite whenua mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Waiau ko Waikahika te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Pirihi Boundaries Kaiwhakarite whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Te Waipukapuka ka haere ma tatahi whaka te hauauru a—Te Ana ka huri ki te marangai ma tonga tae tonu ki te tau o Tuhuna haere tonu ma runga o te tau a tae ki te rohe o Waitataramoa haere tonu ma taua rohe ki te tuaraki a Waipukapuka.

Riwai Te x Kiori.
ni ko rima te ki o re.
Pehimana Tawa.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel.

Receipt for £20 Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te te tekau ma iwa o nga ra o Tihema i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma iwa (1859) nga Pauna moni (£) Ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi kai whakarite whenua mo te Kuini.

Riwai x Te Kiore.
ni ko ri ma te ki o re.
Pehimana tawa.

Nga Kai-titiro—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel.

James Preece,
District Land Purchase Commissioner.

Translation.

1859. 19 December.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this nineteenth (19th) day of December in the Year of our Lord 1859 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Maru whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under Waikahika. the shining 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 page 389Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of twenty Pounds (£20) 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 situate at Coromandel and named Waikahika 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 Qneen 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 James Preece District Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land Boundaries. commencing at Te Waipukapuka and running in a westerly direction to Te Ana then in a south easterly direction to the ridge of Tuhuna following the ridge to the boundary of Waitataramoa and following that boundary in a northerly direction to Waipukapuka.

(Signed)Riwai x Te Kiore.
"Nikorima Te Kiore.
"Pehimana Tawa.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.

Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel.

Received this nineteenth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One thousandReceipt for £20. eight hundred and fifty-nine (1859) the Sum of twenty Pounds sterling (£20) being the consideration money oxpressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

(Signed)Riwai x Te Kiore.
"Nikorima Te Kiore.
"Pehimana Tawa.

Witnesses—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.

Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, November 10th, 1874.