[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
This Deed written on this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord 1864
is a full
1864. 11 April.Wairarapa District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of
the tribe Ngatiteumu 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
Whangaehu. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their
assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Twenty five pounds (£25) 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 Wairarapa and named
Whangaehu the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a
plan of which land is
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thereto with its trees rivers waters minerals 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 to the consent
of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the
name of——Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These
Receipt for £40. are the boundaries of the land Bounded towards the North by Native
land and by disputed land from the Whangaehu river to Taungatara and Pukawa
towards the East by Native Land from Pukawa to Purupuru Towards the South
partly by Crown and partly by Native Lands from Purupuru to Whangaehu river
and towards the West by the Wangaehu river.
I. E. Featherston,
Land Purchase Commissioner.
Witness to signature of I. E.
Featherston—
John Knowles.
Wiremu Tinitara Te Kaewa.
Karaitiana Korou.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
James Hamlin,
Interpreter.
Receipt for £25. Received this eleventh day of April in the year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty four (1864) the sum of Twenty five pounds
sterling (£25) being the consideration money expressed in the above written
Deed to be paid by Isaac Earl
Featherston on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
Wiremu Tinitara Te Kaewa.
Karaitiana Korou.
Witness—
James Hamlin,
Interpreter.