Deeds—No. 127.
Maramamau Block, Wairarapa District.
Heoi, kua oti i a matou te hurihuri te mihi te poroporoaki te tino tuku rawa i tenei kainga o a matou tupuna tuku iho ki a matou me ona awa, me ona manga, me ona roto, me ona wai, me ona rakau, me ona otaota, me ona kowhatu, me ona wahi pari, me ona wahi ataahua me ona wahi kino me nga mea katoa ki runga ranei o te whenua ki raro ranei o te whenua me nga aha noa iho o taua whenua ka oti rawa i a matou te tino tuku rawa atu i tenei ra e whiti nei he whenua pumau na matou ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.
A mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o roto i tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho e matou o matoa ingoa me o matou tohu. A mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarini mona ki nga tikanga katoa o roto i tenei pukapuka ka tuhia iho e te Makarini te Kai whakarite whenua o te Kawana o Nui Tireni tona ingoa.
Donald McLean,
Land Commissioner.
Hohaia te Rangi x.
Ngatuere Tawhao
x.
Waka Tahuahi x.
Ko Hiko Te Tati x.
Ihaka Te Ao x.
Wiremu Kingi.
Wiremu Tutere.
Nga kai-titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhinga ingoa tohu hola—
Byron Drury, Commander, Royal Navy.
G. S. Cooper, District
Commissioner.
John P. Russell,
Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.
Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te tahi tekau ma whitu (17) o nga ra o Pepuere i te tau 1855 nga pauna moni e rua rau takitahi £200 na te Makarini i homai. Ko te
Receipt for | £200 |
Received cash— | |
4 Dec., 1853 | 500 |
£700 |
Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi.
Wakatomo Hapuku.
Hapuku te Ika nui o te Moanax.
Nga kai-titiro ki tenei homaitanga moni me enei tuhinga ingoa tohu hoki—
John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa.
G. S. Cooper, J.P.
Translation.
Now we have thought over, reflected, bade farewell to and for ever transferred this land of our ancestors descended from them to us, with all its rivers, creeks, lakes, waters, timber, grass, stones, all its hilly places, all its good and bad places and all and everything either under or above the said land and all and everything belonging to the said land is transferred by us under the shining sun of the present day as a sure and certain land from us to Victoria the Queen of England or to the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her for ever and ever.
page 314And having consented to all the conditions of this paper we hereunto sign our names and marks. And the Queen of England on her part having agreed to all the conditions of this paper, Donald McLean, the Governor's Land Commissioner for New Zealand hereunto signs his name.
Donald McLean,
Land Commissioner.
Hohaia te Rangi x.
Ngatuere Tawhao
x.
Waka Tahuahi x.
Ko Hiko Te Tati x.
Ihaka Te Ao x.
Wiremu Kingi.
Wiremu Tutere.
Witnesses to the payments and signatures—
Byron Drury, Commander, Royal Navy.
G. S. Cooper, J.P., District
Commissioner.
John P. Russell,
Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.
1855. 17 FebruaryReceipt for £200. We have received on this 17th day of February 1855 the sum of Two hundred pounds which Mr. McLean has paid us. This is the final payment which was promised to be given to us in December 1855, for this land, Maramamau, the boundaries whereof are written in the above deed.
Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi.
Whakatomo Hapuku.
Hapuku Te Ika nui o te moana x.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
John P. Russell,
Settler, Wairarapa.
G. S.
Cooper, J.P.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 9th, 1876.