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