Deeds—No. 350.
Rangihau No. 2286 Block, Mercury Bay, Coromandel District.
(Signed) Repiu Tokata.
Reupena Tahura.
WireMu te Huia x.
Ereataea Tinirau x.
Signed by the said Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura in the presence of us the word three having been first inserted in the first line—
(Signed) J. W. Preece, Licensed Interpreter Auckland.
(signed) Albt. J. Nicholas, Settler, Hikutaia.
Signed by the said Wiremu Huia and Ereatara Tinirau in the presence of us—
(Signed) J. W. Preece, Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
(signed) H. W. Heath, Clerk, Auckland.
[Declaration of James Wathen Preece]
1. | That I was present together with Albert John Nicholas of Hikutaia in the Province of Auckland aforesaid a male adult and did see Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura page 438named and described in the within written Deed duly sign and execute the same that I was also present with Henry William Heath of Auckland aforesaid a male adult and did see Wiremu Huia and Ereatara Tinirau named and described in the within written Deed duly sign and execute the same. |
2. | That the names Repiu Tokata Reupena Tahura thereto subscribed are of the proper handwriting of the said Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura and the marks opposite the names of the said Wiremu Huia and Ereatara Tinirau were made by them they being illiterate. |
3. | That before the execution of the said Deed by the said Repiu Tokata, Reupena Tahura, Wiremu Huia and Ereatara Tinirau, I did translate the same into the Maori language and that my translation thereof was correct and was perfectly understood by the said Repiu Tokata Reupena Tahura, Wiremu Huia and Ereatara Tinirau and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of certain Acts of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Native Lands Act 1865," "The Native Lands Act 1867," "The Native Lands Act 1869," "The Native Lands Act 1870," and the Justices of the Peace Act 1866. |
(Signed) J. W. Preece.
Declared at Grahamstown, Thames,
the eighth day of October, 1874.(Signed) Albert J. Allom,
A Justice of the Peace.
Deed Enclosure in No. 350.
Rangihau No. 2286 Block (Timber
Lease), Coromandel District.
Repiu Tokata
Reupena Tahur
Ereatara Tinirau
Wiremu te Huia.
Signed by the said Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura the same having been first translated to them in the Maori language in the presence of—
Wm. J. Young, Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
David Stewart,
Shortland.
Signed by the said Ereatara Tinirau having been first read over to him in the Maori language in the presence of—
W. J. Young, L. Interpreter, and A. Edmonds.
Signed by the said Wiremu Te Huia in presence of—
Wm. J. Young, Licensed Interpreter.
A. Edmonds.
[Declaration of William Joseph Young]
1. | That I hold a certificate duly authorizing me to act as Interpreter under the Native Lands Act 1865 and the various statutes amending or affecting the same and that such certificate is in full force and effect. |
2. | That I was present together with David Stewart of Shortland Thames in the said Province of Auckland, settler, and did see Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura two of the parties to the within Deed sign and execute the same and that immediately before the execution of the said Deed by the said Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura I did faithfully interpret the same to them into the Maori language, and that my translation thereof was correct and was understood by them.page 440 |
3. | That the names David Stewart and Wm. J. Young set and subscribed as those of the witnesses attesting the execution of the said Deed by the said Repiu Tokata and Reupena Tahura are of the proper handwriting of the said David Stewart and of me this declarant and that the said David Stewart is a male adult. |
4. | That I was present together with Alfred Edmonds of Mercury Bay in the said Province of Auckland settler and did see Wiremu te Huia and Ereatara Tinirau two of the parties to the within written Deed sign and execute the same and that immediately before the execution of the said Deed by the said Wiremu Te Huia and Ereatara Tinirau I did faithfully interpret the same to them into the Maori language and that my translation thereof was correct and was understood by them. |
5. | That the names A. Edmonds and Wm. J. Young set and described as those of the witnesses attesting the execution of the said Deed by the said Wiremu Te Huia and Ereatara Tinirau are of the proper handwriting of the said Alfred Edmonds and of me this declarant and that the said Alfred Edmonds is a male adult. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled The Justices of tho Peace Act 1866. |
Wm. J. Young
Declared at Auckland in the Province of Auckland in New Zealand this twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. Before me
J. J. Wilson,
One of Her Majesty's Justices of
the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
T. M. Haultain,
Trust Commissioner.
F. D. Fenton,
Chief Judge.
The Deeds Register Office,
Auckland, 27th November, 1874.(l.s.)
M. Hamilton,
Deputy Registrar.
(Sub-Enclosure in No. 350.)
Crown Grant to Repiu Tokata
and Others of Coromandel.
Rangihau No. 2286 Block, Mercury Bay.
Witness our trusty and well beloved Sir George Ferguson Bowen Knight Grand Cross of our most distinguished order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand at Wellington this seventh day of September in the thirty sixth year of our reign and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two.
No. 68 by District Land Registrar Produced and entered the 20th day of November 1874 at 3 p.m.
Geo. W. Davy, D.L.R.
The above caveat is withdrawn this twenty sixth day of November 1874 at 3 p.m.
Geo. W. Davy, D.L.R.
Transfer No. 418 from Repiu Tokata Reupena Tahura Wiremu Te Huia and Ereatara Tinirau to Her Majesty Queen Victoria produced and entered the 26th day of November 1874 at 3 p.mGeo. W. Davy, D.L.R.
A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Deed, Timber Lease, and original Crown Grant. Wellington, November 11th, 1875.