Translation.
This Deed written on this the eighth day of October in the
Year of our Lord 1858 is
1858. 8 October. a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and
People of the Tribe
Wairarapa District. of Ngatikahungunu at Wairarapa whose names are hereunto subscribed And
witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have
by signing
Te Kopi. this Deed under the shining sun of this day 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 consideration of the sum
of one hundred and
Receipt for £150.
page 344fifty Pounds of which fifty
Pounds (£50) to us paid by
William N.
Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge
the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at
Wairarapa and named Te Kopi the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot
of this Deed and a plan of which land is annexed thereto with its trees
minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or
beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and
interest whatsoever thereon. To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns
as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and 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 William N. Searancke
Commissioner is hereunto subscribed.
Boundaries. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at the Waikaha on the
Taueru river thence to the Ahi o whanau, thence to Raungaehe here it turns
towards the coast to the Reu o Pakauera to Waikahika Motu Matai, te Awa
totara, te Waihorohika turning thence westward into the Umu o te Raunga creek
and on to Taueru then down the Taueru river to Hinemoa to Kaikokirikiri, te
Paewae and on the Waikaha where the boundaries close.
Maika's Reserve. [100 acres.] One hundred acres at Te Kopi within the boundaries above described,
are to be returned as a lasting possession for Maika Purakau.
Maika Purakau.
Wi Hopiana x his mark.
Wi Katene.
Hoana Maika.
Hoant Wiremu.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Alex. S. Allan, Clerk to Registrar, Wellington.
Robt. R.
Strang, Supreme Court, Wellington.
Received this eighth (8th) day of October in the Year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight (1858) the sum of fifty Pounds
sterling (£50) being the first consideration money expressed in the
above-written Deed to be paid by W. N.
Searancke on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
Maika Purakau.
Wi Hopiana x his mark.
Wi Katene.
Hoana Maika.
Hoani Wiremu.
Witnesses—
Alex. S. Allan, Clerk to Registrar, Wellington.
Robt. R.
Strang, Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington,
January 18th, 1876
H. Hanson
Turton.