Translation.
This Deed written on this 14th day of January in the Year
of our Lord 1860 is a full
1860. 14 January. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of
the Tribe
Wairarapa 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 of
Raparimu. 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 boundaries
Boundaries. 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.