Translation.
Now we have fully reflected upon wept over bid adieu to and finally transferred this land inherited by us from our ancestors with its rivers streams waters woods plains trees stones grass and everything above or below the soil, with everything else appertaining to the said land we have fully and entirely surrendered in the face of open day as a sure possession to Victoria the Queen of England and to all the Kings and Queens her successors for ever. In witness of our assent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto affixed our names and marks.
And in witness of the assent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed it has been signed by Mr. Cooper one of the Land Commissioners for the Governor of New Zealand.
(Sd.) G. S. Cooper,
Dist. Commr.
(Sd.) Na Paora.
Porokoru.
Renata Kawepo x, and 16 others.
Witness to the payment and signatures—
Fredk. Dyett, Waipureku, Publican.
Edward F. Harris, Interpreter,
Napier.
A True Translation.
G. S. Cooper, D.C.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 18th, 1876.