1853. 10 September.Wairarapa District.Thispaper or Deed conveying land written on this day on the tenth 10th of the days of September in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three 1853Tuhitarata. Is a deed or paper of the full and true consent of us the chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu(McMaster's Run.) whose names are written on this deed on behalf of ourselves our relatives page 269 and descendants to entirely convey and transfer a portion of our land or country to Victoria the Queen of England or to the Kings and Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever.

And having agreed and consented as above to transfer this portion of our land,Total price, £1,000. Victoria the Queen of England on her part agrees to pay us a sum of One thousand pounds £1000 in money. Three hundred pounds £300 of the said money has been paidReceipt for £300, first instalment. into our hands by Mr. McLean this day.

It is further agreed to by the Queen of England on her part to pay us at certain periods within certain years to be decided on by the Governor of New Zealand and ourselves that is that we are to have a certain additional consideration for the lands weFive per cent. to be allowed. have sold to be paid to us for the forming of schools to teach our children, for the construction of flour mills for us, for the construction of Hospitals and for medical attendance for us, and also for certain annuities to be paid to us for certain of our chiefs; but it is hereby agreed that we ourselves and certain officers who shall be appointed by the Queen or Governor of New Zealand shall carefully discuss in Committee to which and at what times and in what proportions the said money shall be applied to each of the purposes above specified. The payments to be made annually to our Chiefs are to be decided upon by the Governor of New Zealand only, or by an officer appointed by him who shall have the power of deciding as to which Chiefs shall receive the said annual payments. These payments for all the above purposes are to be as follows, that is, when the surveys are complete and the land is resold which we have transferred to the Queen of England or to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her, a certain portion of money to be received by the Queen or Government of New Zealand as payment for said land is to be deducted for the purposes which have been above specified the amount of the money to be returned to us is Five per cent or equal to five pounds out of every hundred pounds after deducting the surveys and other expenses connected with laying off the said lands.

The Boundaries of the land which we have now sold and for ever given up toBoundaries. Victoria the Queen of England are these commencing at the bridge at Paharakeke and on to the lower side of the range named te Kairakauatoe right on to the Whareopakehau on to the Waiparao and on to the land sold by Mitai Poneke, that is to the land occupied the European McMaster and straight along the said boundary to the Waihora river and the boundary continues in the Waihora river till it ascends at the Motu-o-mango and ascends to Waiwaetea and descends to Makora and crosses to the Kihoreotaerua and goes in a Southerly direction till it reaches Hikapu on to the Nau and thence to the boundary of the land sold by the people of Turanganui and thence in an easterly direction on to the Aorangi range and along that range until it strikes down to Paharakeke and then along the Paharakeke to the bridge.