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

Translation

Translation.

Wellington, October 5, 1871.
1871. 5 October.Wairarapa District. An agreement made between the undersigned aboriginal Natives of New Zealand hereinafter called the vendors of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part, Whereas the said vendors are absolutely seized of or well entitled to the blocksseventy-mile bush(Agreement to sell.) of land hereinafter described and colored red on the tracing hereunto attached, Namely Kaihinu No. 1 22,000 acres Kaihinu No. 2 19,000 acres Mangaohao No. 1 23,000 acres Mangaohao No. 2 8,000 acres, Manawatu-Wairarapa No. 1 (Eketahuna) 6,000 acres, Manawatu-Wairarapa No. 2 (Mongorongo) 15,000 acres Manawatu-Wairarapa No. 2a (Pukahu) 6,000 acres Manawatu-Wairarapa No. 2b (Pahi Atua) 15,000 acres, Ngatapu No. 1 4,000 acres and Ngatapu No. 2 7,000 acres, and have agreed to cede the samePrice, £10,000. to Her said Majesty for the sum of Ten thousand pounds sterling (£10,000) as the purchase money, upon such terms as are hereinafter explained, Provided always that the portions of land hereinafter described and shewn on the tracing hereto annexed be excludedLands excluded. from this sale, namely, that portion of Manawatu-Wairarapa block No. 1 (Eketahuna) situated on the Makakahi stream estimated to contain one thousand (1000) acres more or less, also that portion of Manawatu-Wairarapa block No. 2b (Pahi Atua) situated at the junction of Makakahi and Mangatainoko streams estimated to contain one thousand (1000) acres more or less, also those portions of Mangaohao block No. 1 known as the reserves of Peeti te Awe Awe Mikaera te Rangiputara and Ihaka te Rangimauriora estimated to contain five hundred and thirty (530) acres, two hundred and eighty nine (289) acres and two hundred acres more or less respectively also that portion of Mangaohao block No. 2 known as Huru's reserve estimated to contain Three hundred and fifty acres more or less also that portion of Ngatapu block No. 1 situated on the Mangaone stream estimated to contain five hundred (500) acres more or less also that portion of the Ngatapu block No. 2 situated near Taketake plain estimated to contain five hundred (500) acres more or less.
It is hereby agreed as follows:—
1.The said vendors agree to sell and Her Majesty agrees to buy all the said blocks of land above mentioned containing in the aggregate one hundred and twenty thousand six hundred and thirty one acres more or less exclusive of the above mentioned reserves generally known as the Manawatu-Wairarapa block or seventy mile bush and situated in the Province of Wellington, for the sum of Ten thousand pounds sterling (£10,000).
2.Of the said purchase money six hundred and ninety five pounds Stg. has already been paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and the balance shall be paid on the execution of the final Deed of conveyance.
3.The said vendors agree to execute and cause to be executed by all necessary parties, a good and sufficient Deed of conveyance and surrender to Her said Majesty of the said blocks of land free from all incumbrances, the said Deed to be prepared at the expense of the purchaser.
4.Her said Majesty shall be at liberty to take immediate possession of the said lands hereby contracted for.

S. Locke, J.P.,
on behalf of the Government of New Zealand.
Peeti te Awe Awe.
Hanita te Awe Awe.
Henere te Herekau,
and 28 others.

Signed by the said Peeti te Awe Awe Hanita
te Awe Awe Henere te Herekau and 28
others (the above agreement having been
first read over translated and explained to
them) on the fifth and sixth days of
October one thousand eight hundred and
seventy one in the presence of—

James Grindell, of Napier, in the Province of Hawke's Bay,
Licensed Native Interpreter, and of
Richard Booth, of Wellington, Settler.

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Signed by Samuel Locke Esq. J.P. on the sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and seventy one in the presence of—

James Grindell, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, and of
Richard Booth, Wellington, Settler.