This Deed written on this 25th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1859, is a full1859. 25 August.Hawker's Bay. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and people of Heretaunga whose names are hereunto subscribed, And witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves ourRuahine. relatives and descendants we have by signing this deed under the shining sun of this day(Claims of Haurangi and others) 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 five hundred and forty pounds (£540) to us paid by Mr. McLean on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby ackuowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of Our Land situated at Ruahine in the Ruataniwha the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed 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 rights 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 hereto 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 Mr. Commissioner McLean is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the laud, Waipaoa is oneBoundaries. boundary running up to Ruahine and on to Pohatuhaha, thence following the boundaries of lands sold in former years to the Queen, on to Mangaonuku and so on by the boundary of the old sale back to Waipaoa. That is, for all our places and all our claims upon all the lands within these boundaries which have not been already sold by us. This is the final abandonment of all these our lands under the shining sun of this day, for ever and ever.