Know all men by these Presents that we the undersigned Chiefs
of the Harbour and
1839. 14 September.Wellington District.Port Nicholson. District of Wanga Nui Atera, commonly called Port Nicholson, in, Cook's
Straits in New Zealand do say and declare that We are the sole and only
proprietors or owners of the Lands tenements Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers,
Streams and Creeks within certain boundaries as shall be truly detailed in this
Deed or Instrument. Be it therefore known unto all men that We the Chiefs whose
names are signed to this Deed or Instrument, have this day sold and parted with
all Right Title and interest in all the said Lands Tenements, Woods, Bays,
Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks as shall be hereafter described unto William
Wakefield Esquire in trust for the Governors, Directors and Shareholders of the
New Zealand Land Company of London, their Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for
ever, in Consideration of having received as a full and just payment for the same
One hundred red blankets, one hundred and twenty muskets,
Receipt. two tierces of tobacco, forty-eight iron pots, two cases of soap, fifteen
fowling pieces, twenty-one kegs of gunpowder, one cask of ball cartridges, one keg
of lead slabs, one hundred cartouche boxes, one huudred tomahawks, forty
pipe-tomahawks, one case of pipes, two dozen spades, fifty steel axes, twelve
hundred fish hooks, twelve bullet moulds twelve dozen shirts, twenty jackets,
twenty pairs of trowsers, sixty red night caps, three hundred yards of cotton
duck, two hundred yards of calico, one hundred yards of check, twenty dozen pocket
handkerchiefs, two dozen slates and two hundred pencils, ten dozen looking
glasses, ten dozen pocket knives, ten dozen pairs of scissors, one dozen pairs of
shoes, one dozen umbrellas, one dozen hats, two pounds of beads, one hundred yards
of ribbon one gross of Jews' harps, one dozen razors, ten dozen dressing combs,
six dozen hoes, two suits of superfine clothes, one dozen shaving boxes and
brushes, twenty muskets, two dozen adzes and one dozen sticks of sealing wax,
which we the aforesaid chiefs do hereby acknowledge to have been received by us
from the aforesaid
William Wakefield.
And in order to prevent any dispute or misunderstanding and to guarantee more
strongly unto the said
William
Wakefield, his executors and administrators in trust for the said Governors
Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their
Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for ever, true and undisputed possession of the
said Lands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks, We the
undersigned Chiefs for ourselves, our Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for ever,
do hereby agree and bind ourselves individually and collectively to the
Description following which constitutes the Boundaries of the said Lands,
Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers Streams and Creeks now sold by us the
Undersigned Chiefs to the said
William
Wakefield in trust for the said Governors Directors and Shareholders of
the New Zealand Land Company of London, this twenty-seventh day of September in
the Tear of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, that is to
say:—The whole of the Bay, Harbour, and District
Boundaries. of Wanga Nui Atera, commonly called Port Nicholson situate on the North
Eastern side of Cook's Straits in New Zealand. The summit of the range of
mountains known
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Turakirai from the point where the said range strikes the sea in Cook's Straits,
outside the Eastern headland of the said Bay and Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera or
Port Nicholson, along the summit of the said range called Turakirai at the
distance of about twelve English miles, more or less, from the low water mark on
the Eastern shore of the said Bay or Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson
until the foot of the high range of mountains called Tararua, situate about forty
English miles, more or less from the sandy beach at the North Eastern extremity of
the said Bay or Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson, is the Eastern
boundary of the said Lands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and
creeks. From the point where the Eastern boundary strikes the foot of the
aforesaid Tararua range of mountains along the foot of the said Tararua range
until the point where the range of mountains called Rimarap strikes the foot of
the said Tararua range, is the North Eastern boundary of the said Lands,
Tenements, Woods, Bays, Bays, Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks. From the said
point where the Rimarap range of mountains strikes the foot of the Tararua Range,
along the summit of the said Rimarap range of mountains, at a distance of about
twelve English miles, more or less, from the low water mark on the Western shore
of the said Bay or Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson until the point
where the Rimarap range strikes the sea in Cook's Straits outside the Western
headland of the said Bay of Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson is the Western
boundary of the said Lands Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and
Creeks. From the said point where the Rimarap range of mountains strikes the sea
in Cook's Straits in a direct line to the aforesaid point where the Turakirai
range strikes the sea in the said Cook's Straits is the Southern boundary of the
said Lands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks; Be it
also known that the said Bay, Harbour and District of Wanga Nui Atera or Port
Nicholson does include the island of Makaroa and the island of Matiu, which
islands are both situate in the said Harbour of Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson
as well as all other Lands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours Rivers, Streams and
Creeks situate within the aforesaid boundaries, and now sold by us the aforesaid
Chiefs to the said
William Wakefield
in trust for the said Governors, Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand
Land Company of London, their Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for ever. And we
do hereby acknowledge for ourselves, our Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for
ever, to have this day received from the said
William Wakefield full and just payment for the said
Lands, Tenements, Woods Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks situate within
the aforesaid Boundaries of the said Bay, Harbour and District of Wanga Nui Atera
or Port Nicholson in Cook's Straits in New Zealand. And he the said
William Wakefield is to have and to hold
the Lands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks as
aforesaid and all the above bargained premises, unto the said
William Wakefield, his executors and administrators in
trust for the said Governors Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land
Company of London, their Heirs, Administrators and Assigns, to and for their own
proper use and uses and as and for their own proper Goods and Chattels, from
henceforth and for ever. And we the said Chiefs as undersigned hereby for
ourselves our Iieirs, Administrators and Assigns for ever, do covenant, promise
and agree to and with the said
William
Wakefield his executors and administrators in manner following, that is
to say, That the said hereby bargained premises and every part thereof are and so
for ever shall be, remain and continue unto the said Governors, Directors and
Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their Heirs,
Administrators, and Assigns, free and clear, and freely and clearly acquitted,
discharged and exonerated of from and against all former and other gifts, Claims,
Grants, Bargains, Sales, and Incumbrances whatsoever, and We the undersigned
Chiefs do further promise and bind ourselves, our Families, Tribes, and Successors
individually and collectively to assist defend and protect the said Governors,
Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their
Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for ever, in maintaining the quiet and
undisputed possession of the aforesaid Lands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours,
Rivers, Streams and Creeks sold by us to the said
William Wakefield, in trust for the Governors Directors
and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London their Heirs
Administrators and assigns for ever as aforesaid. And the said
William Wakefield on behalf of the said Governors,
Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their
Heirs, Administrators and Assigns for ever does hereby covenant, promise, and
agree to and with the said Chiefs that a portion of the land ceded by them equal
to a
Tenth part to be allotted as Native reserves. tenth part of the whole, will be reserved by the said Governors, Directors
and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London their Heirs,
Administrators and Assigns, and held in trust by them for the future benefit of
the said Chiefs, their families and heirs for ever.