Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
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Translation.
Whereas, by a Deed of sale bearing date Sixteenth day of August (16) One
thousand1873. 23 December.Hawke's Bay. eight hundred and seventy one (1871), We, Karaitiana Takamoana, Wirihana
Kaimokopuna, Manahi Paewai, Te Watene Te Mango, Peete Te Aweawe and others,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand therein called the vendors, did transfer,
surrender and sell toSeventy-Mile Bush.(Tamaki.) Her Majesty Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Her
Successors, all those Blocks of land, situate in the Province of Wellington and
Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing together, Two hundred and
fifty thousand (250,000) acres,Payment of last instalment. more or less, for the sum of Sixteen thousand pounds (£16,000) sterling.
The description of which land is more fully set forth and explained in the
above-mentioned Deed of Conveyance and delineated on the plan attached thereto
saving and excepting certain Reserves, also fully described in the above named
Deed of Conveyance and delineated on the plan attached thereto, and, as it is
set forth in the above named Deed of Conveyance that "The sum of Twelve thousand
(£12,000) pounds, sterling, being part of the above consideration money of
sixteen thousand pounds (£16,000) sterling, has been paid this day to the said
vendors (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) The balance to be paid when
the Reserves are marked out and the purchase finally completed." Now we the said
vendors hereby acknowledge to have received this twenty third day of
December One thousand eight hundred and seventy three (1873) the above
mentioned balance of Four thousand pounds (£4,000) sterling from Her Majesty
Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, being the full and final payment of
all monies due us in consideration of the land referred to in the above named
Deed of Conveyance. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and
marks.
Receipt for | £4,000 |
Cash received— | |
16 Aug., `71 | 12,000 |
£16,000 |
[Signatures.]
[Witnesses.]