English Deed of Pipitea Block.
We the undersigned Landowners and Chiefs residing at and
belonging to Pipitea in Wellington 1847 1 NovemberWellington District. of the Ngatiawa Tribe agree on the first day of November one thousand
eight hundred and forty-seven to give up to Her Majesty's Government all those
cultivations which we have hitherto had on sections on the Karori, Kai Warra
Warra Harbour PIPITEA., and Lower Hutt or other District belonging to European Settlers on our
receiving English deed (McCleverty's). from Lieutenant Colonel McCleverty subject to the approval of the
Governor or Lieutenant Governor portions or blocks of land which we have seen
and accepted of as shown and coloured red on the accompanying plan containing in
all 7436 acres more or less as marked en Plan 1, No. 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 .
& on Plan 2, No. 6. the boundaries of which are as follows.
1. Four town sections. [4 acres.] No. 1. Town sections number 633, 634, 635; & 637 bounded on the
West by Town Belt and on the East by Karori Road each section containing one
acre.
2. Part of Town Belt. [80 acres.] No. 2. Part of the Town Belt bounded on the West by the Kai Warra Warra
District, on the South West by section 30 Karori District, on the North by the
Town Belt, and on the East by the Karori Road and Town section containing 80
acres.
3. Part of Kaiwharawhara Block. [134 acres.] No. 3. Part 500 acres block on the Western side of the Kai Warra Warra
River bounded on the West by the part which belongs to Te Ringa Kuri and on the
North by another portion belonging to Ohariu Natives the part given to the
Pipitea Natives contains about one hundred and thirty-four-acres.
4. Sections on Porirua Road. [221 acres.] No. 4. A Block of Land on the Porirua Road comprising part of No. 7, and
the whole of No. 9, Native Reserves in the Kinapora District containing in all
two hundred and twenty-one acres bounded on the West by the Karori Road for
fifty chains more or
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North by No. 10, section for fifty-eight chains more or less, on the South by
No. 6 section for forty five chains and on the East by sections 9 . 10 . 11 . 12
. Harbour District for the distance of seventy-one and a half chains.
No. 5. Seven Town Native Reserves in Polhill's Gully each containing one acre
5. Seven town Native reserves. [7 acres.] (seven acres).
No. 6. A Block of land at Orongorongo contains six thousand nine hundred and
ninety acres, or thereabouts, part of which is outside the company's block of
the Port 6. Orongorongo Block. [6,990 acres.] Nicholson District. It is bounded on the East and South by the sea
(except sixteen chains on the Orongorongo Stream surveyed and lines cut in the
Presence of Wairarapa and others, on the North by unsurveyed land and Te Ringa
Kuri's land at Mukamuka, on the West by the top of the hills which divide the
Vallies of Wainuiomata and Orongorongo the fall of water or streams into the
latter to belong to Pipitea In the block are five sections of one hundred acres
each, the outside boundaries of which have been surveyed and the lines cut as on
the map.
Total for Pipitea. |
Acres. |
MapNo. 1. 4 Town Reserves Tinakon Road |
4 |
" " 2. Part of the Town Belt |
80 |
" " 3. Part of the Block Kaiwarawara |
134 |
" " 4 Part of sections 7 8 & 9 Kinapora
District |
221 |
" " 5. 7 Town Reserves (Moturoa's) |
7 |
" " 6. Block of land at Orongorongo |
6990 |
|
7436 |
Also a small portion of Native Reserve No. 542 on the beach belonging to Purutu
and his family as per plan annexed No. 7, containing one chain.
W. A. McCleverty,
Lt. Colonel.
A True Copy of Original Deed, Translation, and Endorsement.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellingtong,
January 7th, 1876.