1862. 17 January.Wairarapa District.This Deed being the completion of a cession of land written on this day the seventeenth of January 1862 is a deed of the full and true consent of us the Chiefs and people of Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto affixed to entirely cede this portion of our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens her successors forMakara. ever.

And in consideration of our consent to entirely give up this portion of our land Victoria the Queen of England on her part consents to pay us a sum of Four hundred Pounds £400 Sixty pounds of this sum was received by us on the 16 of January 1856 and Twenty pounds was received by us on the 13th January 1860.

The Boundaries of this land commence at Kiwihoire thence on to Taupu, thence to the "Kakati o te Whenua" "Tokeamatua," the Waihaunga, thence to Ngahape,Boundaries. Ohineterata, Wakatataranui, thence to the "Ahi a Mahakitauha" thence to the "Tauhou a Tarewa," Te Itu thence to the "Ruataniwha," the Puninga, thence into the Makara, and down the Makara river to Kiwihoire. These boundaries on one side are the boundaries of the Awhea Block and on the other of the Puhangina Block.

Ramapaku Reserve. [100 acres.] One piece of this land within the boundaries is for ourselves, a bend in the Makara river named the "Ramapaku," the bend only (of the River) not to exceed one hundred acres. Now we have for ever given up this land of ours inherited from our ancestors on this day now passing away as a sure and firm inheritance for Victoria the Queen of page 367England to the Kings and Queens her successors for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent we hereunto sign our names and marks.