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

[Deeds—No. 175.]

Deeds—No. 175.

Otumaunga Block, Wairarapa District.

1863. 22 January.Wairarapa District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei Twenty second o nga ra o January i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1863. he pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na ngaOtumaunga. rangatira me nga tangata o——no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuiui o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni Forty (£40) kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Petatone (Isaac Earl Featherston) mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Wairarapa Otumaunga te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou page 373paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu.

A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Petetone (Isaac Earl Featherston) Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua kei te tahaBoundaries. whaka——ko te awa o Whakawhiriwhiri ko Wainuiomata. Kei te taha whaka——ko te Raina o te whenua Maori ka timata taua raina ki Tauranga Koau rere tonu ki Ruamahanga, ki te Whetu Katoa—kei te taha whaka——ko Ruamahanga—kei te tana whaka ——ko Ruamahanga ki te ngutuawa o Te Whakawhiriwhiri.

I. E. Featherston.
Na te Petetone.
Ko Kingi Nga Tuere x his mark.
Na Te Manihera.
Ka W. Ho. Tutere.
Na Ihaka x his mark.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—
Samuel Deighton, Interpreter.

Receipt for £40. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te Twenty second nga ra o January i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e ono tekau ma——(1863) nga Pauna moni Forty (£40) Ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Te Petetone (Isaac Earl Featherston) mo te Kuini.

Na Te Manihera.
Na W. H. Tutere.
Na Ihaka x his mark.
Ko Kingi Ngatuere x his mark.

Nga Kai titiro—
Samuel Deighton, Interpreter.

Translation.

This Deed written on this Twenty second day of January in the Year of our Lord 18631863. 22 January.Wairarapa District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe——whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed underOtumaunga. h 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 Forty Pounds (£40) to us paid by Isaac Earl Featherston, on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our land situated at the Wairarapa and named Otumaunga 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 Isaac Earl Featherston, Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land The lineBoundaries. on the West by the Whakawhiriwhiri stream and Wai nui o mata, on the North by native land the line commencing at Tauranga Koau and running on till it reaches the Ruamahanga at Te Whetu Katoa, on the East by the Ruamahanga, and on the South by the Ruamahanga at the mouth of Te Waka Whiriwhiri stream.

I. E. Featherston.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 4th, 1876.