This Deed made the twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one1874. 27 January.Waitara West District. thousand eight hundred and seventy four Between Tahana and Ria Pane both of the Hua in the Province of Taranaki and Colony of New Zealand aboriginal Natives andPt. Rural Section No. 129. Ani Paratene of Puketotara in the Province of Taranaki aforesaid aboriginal Native of the one part and Her Majesty the Queen of the other part, Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Twenty four pounds paid by the Minister of Public Works to the said Tahana Ria Pane, and Ani Paratene, (the receipt whereof is herebyReceipt for £24. acknowledged) They the said Tahana, Ria Pane, and Ani Paratene do and each of them doth hereby convey and assure unto Her Majesty the Queen her heirs and successors and assigns All that piece or parcel of land situate at Waitara West in the Province of Taranaki aforesaid being part of rural section numbered 129 and containing by admeasurement two acres and thirty seven perches (more or less) bounded towards theBoundaries. [2a. 0r. 37p.] South East and East by other part of said section No. 129 two thousand three hundred and fifty links towards the North and North West partly by section No. 127 two hundred and ten links and partly by other part of said section No. 129 two thousand one hundred and ten links and towards the South West by a swamp one hundred and ten links, as the same is delineated in the plan drawn in the margin hereof and colored pink, together with all ways rights and appurtenances thereto belonging and all such estate right title and interest in and to the same as they the said Tahana Ria Pane and Ani Paratene are or shall become seized or possessed of or We by the Immigration and Public Works Act 1870 or the Imigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act 1871 empowered to convey or otherwise assure To hold the said land and premises unto Her Majesty the Queen her heirs and successors and assigns for ever. In Witness whereof page 50the said parties to these presents have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first above written.