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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two

Translation

Translation.

This Deed written on this 14th day of January in the Year of our Lord 1860 is a full1860. 14 January. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the TribeWairarapa District. of Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that oh behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen ofRaparimu. 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 Pounds (£100 . 0 . 0) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said moneys) all that piece of our Land situated at Wairarapa and named Raparimu 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 District Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundariesBoundaries. of the Land commencing at the Mouth of the Ahiaruhe river, thence running up the Ruamahanga, Matanginui, the Paparewa, The Puahi, Te Umu o poua, on to Kuare, Te Rau o to Parera, here it turns and comes back on the Waituhi creek along the page 360boundary of the Land which we sold to the Queen formerly Punoa and on to the Mouth of the Ahiaruhe creek.

William N. Searancke,
Dist. Comr.
Namana.
Rihara te Apia x.
Ngatanahira.
Pirihira Takapau x.
Koroniria te Aputonga x her mark.
Kapariera x.
Akenehi parihi.
Kingi Ngatuere x.
Na Eramiha.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

Thos. Mason Heath.
Richmond Beetham.

Receipt for £100. Received this 14th day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty (1860) the Sum of One hundred Pounds sterling (£100) being the total consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by William N. Searancke, D.C., on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Namana.
Matiu.
Akenehi.

Witnesses—

Thos. Mason Heath.
Richmond Beetham.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, January 18th, 1876.