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Deeds—No. 139.
Ahikauru Block, Wairarapa District.
1856. 10 January.Wairarapa District.He Pukapuka tino hoko tenei na maua i te wahvi whenua ki te
Ahikauru i tenei ra i te 10 o Hanuere, 1856, ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o
Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muriAhikauru. iho i a ia ake tonu atu. Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata ki te Taumata
o te Mauri teBoundaries. Porowhakate Rawhiti o Papa Hikurangi; ka rere ki te whare o Taneroa te
Waikakariki; ka rereReceipt for £20. ki te awa o Waikakariki Taberekaru; ka eke ki te rohe o te Kuini ki
Witimanuka ka anga wakatetonga Taumata o te Manawa Te Motu o Punehu ka wati i
reira ka rere ki te Taumata o te Mauri. E rua tekau o nga pauna moni £20 kua
Tiro mai ki a maua i tenei ra mo taua whenua engari kia oti taiua wabi te
titiro me be mea e rahi ana taua wahi ka whakanukuhia nga utu ka iti ano te
whenua ka mutu ano nga utu. Ma te Kupa e whakaoti ana tae ki Wairarapa.
Wiremu Kingi.
Maika Meha.
Nga kai titiro—
Hoera Wakataka.
Elwin B. Dickson.
Translation.
This is a Deed of the entire sale, by us two, of the
portion of land named Ahikauru, on this day, on the 10th day of January 1856,
to Victoria the Queen of England, andAhikauru . to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever. The
boundaries of theBoundaries. land commence at Taumata-o-te-Mauri, te Porowhakate Rawhiti o Papa,
Hikurangi; thence to Taneroa's house at Waikakariki, Taherekaru; thence to the
boundary of the Crown Land at Witimanuka; thence Southwards to
Tamata-o-te-Manawa, te Motu o Punehu; turning thence it runs to
Taumata-o-te-Mauri. We two have received the sum of twenty pounds (£20) on
this day for the said land; and, when the land has been examined, if it be
found to be extensive, the price will be increased; but if small, it will
remain at the present sum. The final arrangements will be made when Mr. Cooper
visits Wairarapa.
(Signed) Wiremu Kingi.
Maika Meha.
Witnesses—
(Signed) Hoera Wakataha.
Elwin B. Dickson.
A True Translation.
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 15th, 1876.