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 and
Rangitikei- 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 in
Total 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.
Produced
Memorandum 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.