This document conveying land written on this the (4th) fourth day of January in the1854. 4 January.Wairarapa District. year of our Lord (1854) one thousand eight hundred and fifty four is a paper of the full and unreserved assent of us the Chiefs and People of the Ngatikahungunu Tribe whose names are hereunto attached on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants who shall be born after us to transfer for ever a certain portion of our Land to Victoria theWharekaka. Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever and in consideration of our full consent to sell this piece of our Land Victoria the Queen of England agrees on her part to pay us the sum of (£2000) Two thousand pounds once told (£1000) One thousand pounds of these monies we have received from Mr. McLeanReceipt for £1,000, first instalment. (£500) Five hundred pounds is to be paidFive per cents to be paid. to us in the month of January (1855) One thousand eight hundred and fifty five and the remaining (£500) Five hundred pounds being the final instalment in January (1856) One thousand eight hundred and fifty six. The (5) five per cent usually paid in the first purchases at Wairarapa is also to be paid in this purchase The Boundary of this land commences at Awahurinuku in the Ruamahanga and runs to Te Maunga thence to Tuwarehanga thence toBoundaries. Motuotuaotea thence to Motuomangu thence to Tuahiwiomoko thence to Waiwaitea thence to Ahikereru thence to Makara thence to Ngakioreataierua thence in an Easterly direction to Hakaahineiahoa thence to Taopukakaho thence to Te Upoko-o-Rakaitauheke thence down the Huangarua stream to its junction with the Ruamahanga down which it runs to Tuwerohia where it turns inland following the Wakawai stream to Upokokuri thence to Waimanu thence to Parua whence it follows the Ruamahanga to Parikoau thence it turns inland to Pouawatea where it again falls into the Ruamahanga thence to Awaateatua thence to Tarawa thence to Pukio where it turns inland and passes through the marsh to the source of the Kaura and down that stream to its junction with the Ruamahanga and down the Ruamahanga to Ringamutu thence to Waiopinenga then turning inland to the Pa and on to the Awakeri o Maiho thence descending to Ruamahanga and on to Rarokohe thence to Awahurinuku where the boundaries meet One thousand (1000 ac.) acres contained inReserve for Manihera. [1,000 acres] this sale of land towards the South of "Waihora" to be given to Manihera as a permanent possession for Manihera which land shall be laid out and surveyed by Captain Smith We have entirely given up and bidden farewell to this land inherited from our forefathers with its rivers its streams its lakes its springs its timber grass and stones with its plains and fertile spots its sterile parts and every thing above the surface or under the surface and every thing thereunto belonging we now for ever deliver up and transfer to the Queen of England under the shining sun of this day to be the property of the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever In Testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we hereunto affix our names and marks and in Testimony of the consent of the Queen of England to the conditions of this Deed the name of Donald McLean Principal Commissioner for purchase of Native land is also hereunto affixed.