Translation.
This Deed written on this fifteenth 15 day of July in the
Year of our Lord 1858 is a 1858. 15 July.Coromandel District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People
of the Tribe Ngati Pupu and 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 the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever
transferred unto Victoria Waihi. 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 two hundred and
twenty four Pounds (£224) to us paid by James Preece District Commissioner on
behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said
monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Ahuahu and named Waihi 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 water 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 District Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the
boundaries of the Boundaries. [1,182 acres.] Land commencing at Waihi adjoining Webster's Purchase then following the
coast in an easterly direction to Awanui then in a north easterly direction to
Ohotu then in a North western direction to Te Uruake from thence in a westerly
direction to Omatonga then running inland in a south western direction to
Puahutukawa thence south south west to Tokokahakaha then in a south easterly
direction to Nga Puketurua then in an eastern direction to Waihi.
Na hehe.
Na Haki Rangi.
Kataraina x.
Hamiora.
Pakao x.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Horopeta x.
J. W. Preece.
Received this fifteenth day of
July in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight
Receipt for £224. hundred and fifty eight (1858) the Sum of two hundred and twenty four
Pounds sterling (£224) being the sum in consideration money expressed in the
above-written Deed to be paid by on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
Na hehe.
Na ha ki Rangi.
Kataratna x.
Hamiora x.
Pakao x.
Witnesses—
Horopeta x.
J. W. Preece.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
October 26th, 1874.