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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two

Translation

Translation.

1866. 13 December.Rangitikei District.This Deed written on this thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six (1866) is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the tribes Ngatiapa, Ngatiraukawa, Rangitane, Wanganui, Ngatitoa, Muaupoko, and Ngatiawa, whose names are hereunto subscribed andRangitikei- Manawatu. Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves relations and descendants we have by signing this Deed parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England her heirs, the Kings and Queens who may succeed her and her and their assigns for ever inTotal price, £25,000. consideration of the sum of Twenty five thousand pounds (£25,000) Sterling agreed to be paid to us by Isaac Earl FeatherstonBoundaries. Land Purchase Commissioner on the due execution of the present Deed, All that piece of land situated between the Manawatu and Rangitikei rivers on the Western side of the Province of Wellington the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed, with its Rivers, Trees, Minerals, Lakes, Streams, Waters and all appertaining to the said land or beneath the surface of the said land and all our right title claim and interest therein. To hold to Queen Victoria her heirs and assigns as a lasting possession absolutely and for 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 Isaac Earl Featherston Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land sold by us, namely, the Western boundary is the sea, the Northern boundary is the Rangitikei river to the mouth of the Waitapu Creek and the Southern boundary commences at the mouth of the Kai-iwi stream and follows the boundary of the land already sold to the Queen till it reaches Pakingahau on the Manawatu River. These are the other boundaries. The river Manawatu from Pakingahau to the mouth of the Oroua stream, then the Oroua stream as far as Te Umutoi which is the North Western boundary of the Upper Manawatu Block already sold to the Queen, thence the boundary runs in a direct line to the mouth of the Waitapu Creek, thence (as already described) along the course of the Rangitikei river to its mouth and along the Sea Coast to Kai-iwi the starting point. And we the chiefs and people before mentioned, Do by this writing agree that the said sum of twenty five thousand pounds (£25000) shall be paid by the Land Purchase Commissioner to certain chiefs to be nominated at a general meeting of the tribes concerned at Parewanui on the thirteenth day of December aforesaid who shall then divide and distribute the same among the sellers.

I. E. Featherston,
Land Purchase Commissioner.

Signed by the said Isaac Earl Featherston in the presence of—

W. J. Kennard, London, Gent.
C. Wentworth Dilke, London, B. A., Barrister at Law.
S. E. Illingworth, B.A., London.
Walter Buller, Wanganui, Resident Magistrate.

ProducedMemorandum of Native Lands Court Judge. before the Native Land Court at Otaki at investigation of the title of Parakaia te Ponepa and or. to Himatangi. Mar. 11, 68.

Put into Court by Mr. Fox, Nov. 5, '68.—T.H.S.

A True Copy of Original Deed, Translation, and Judge's Endorsement.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 25th November, 1875.