Translation.
This Deed written on this Twenty seventh day of February
in the year of Our Lord
1862. 27 February.Wairarapa District. 1862 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the
chiefs and people of
Whawhanui.Barton's Run. the tribe Ngatikahungunu whose names are hereunto subscribed and
Witnesseth that on 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 England Her heirs the Kings and Queens
who may succeed Her and Her and their assigns for ever in consideration of the
sum of Eighty pounds (£80) to us paid by
page 370Donald McLean Esquire 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 Whawhanui 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 Donald McLean Esq. Commissioner
Boundaries. is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land
commencing at Witikaupeka running thence to the Ranga and in the Ohiranga
Creek to Taumata o te hapunga here it turns and runs Southerly to Herikuri and
down the Herikuri Creek to Whawhanui and down the Whawhanui Creek to
Witikaupeka where the boundaries join. This is the piece of land which I
withheld as a place for myself on the sale of land on the 25th of October
1853, this is a complete settlement for all this land.
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
Na
Karauria Hape.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Arama Karaka x.
Hemi te
Kohea.
Will. N. Searancke,
D.C.
Receipt for £80. Received this 27th day of February in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty two (1862) the sum of Eighty pounds
Sterling (£80 . 0. 0) being the consideration money expressed in the above
written Deed to be paid by Donald McLean Esquire on behalf of Her Majesty
the Queen to us.
Na Karauria Hape.
Witnesses—
Arama Karaka x.
Hemi to
Kohea.
Will. N. Searancke,
D.C.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
January 12th, 1876.