Translation.
This Deed written on this Twentieth day of November hrthe
Year of our Lord 1861 is 1861. 20 November.
Coromandel District. a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by me the Chief and
People of the Tribe Ngatiwhanaunga whose names are hereunto subscribed And
Witnesseth that on behalf of 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 Victoria Queen of Te Roto. England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and
Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of seven pounds five
shillings Pounds (£7. 5s.) to me 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 te Awakanae Coromandel and named Te Roto 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 to all the conditions of this Deed the name of
James Preece Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of
the Land Boundaries. [36 acres.] commencing at Waitahora running in a Eastern direction to Pukewhau from
thence in South-east direction to te Roto thence following the Surveyor's line
in a western direction by the Awakanae block to Waitahora.
Horopeta.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
F. Haselden.
G. A. Preece.
Received
this Twentieth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
Receipt for £7. 5. eight hundred and sixty-one (1861) the Sum of seven pounds five shilling
Pounds sterling (£7 . 5s.) being the whole consideration money expressed in the
above-written Deed to be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen
to me.
Horopeta.
Witnesses—
F. Haselden.
G. A. Preece.
A True Copy of Orignal Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, November 10th, 1874.