Deeds—No. 111.
Tamaterau Block, Whangarei District.
1857. 2 October. Whangarei District.
ra o te marama o Oketopa i te tau o to tatou Ariki Tahi Mano Waru Rau ma rima tekau ma whitu ko te whakaaetanga tenei o matoub
nga tangata i nga ingoa kua oti te te tuhi-tuhi ki raro nei, ki te tuku atu i tetehi wahi o to matou whenua ki Whangarei ma teTamaterau.
Kuini Wikitoria o Engarangi, ma ona Uri, Kingi ranei, Kuini ranei, ake tonu atu hei utu mo nga Pauna moni e rua rau ko Tamaterau te ingoa nui o tenei whenua koia tenei kua oti te mapi nei ki te taha o tenei pukapuka, ko nga rohe enei ka timata ki tatahi kaBoundaries.
haere i te raina wehenga mo Pukekaikutu ki runga ki te kahiwi, ka haere tonu i runga i te raina kua oti te para ki runga i te kahiwi tutaki noa ki te kaha o te kainga i hokona e matou ki a teKorrie
, ka haere tonu i te raina whehenga mo Waimahanga, ka haere i te kaha o Ohiwa, ka tutaki ki te Waikaraka, ka haere i runga i te kaha o Waikaraka ka puta ki te awa nui o Whangarei, ka haere i te tahatika puta noa ki te wahi i timata ai kei Pukekaikutu. Na kua riro mai ki a matou aua moni ka rua rau nga pauna £200 iReceipt for £200.
te ringaringa o John Grant Johnson he kai whakarite i te whenua o te tangata maori i tenei ra nei, koia matou ka whakaae ka tuku atu, ka whakarere rawa i tenei whenua ki a Te Kuini Wikitoria o Engarangi ki ona Uri ake tonu atu, koia matou ka tuhituhi i o matou nei ingoa.Wiremu pohe.
Wiremu pepene.
ihaka kai tapu.
Hirawani.
Tipehe Hari
x tona tohu.
Hinewaru
x tona tohu.
Whare Te Puia
x tona tohu.
Epiniha Monariki.
Hira Whatiwhati.
Himi
Hinewaru
x.
Manihera Te Hono
x tona tohu.
Kai Titiro o tenei tuhituhinga ingoa me tenei homaitanga utu—
John Grant Johnson, District Commissioner.
Translation.
1857. 2 October. Whangarei District.
the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven is the consent of us the undersigned to the giving up of a portion of our land at Whangarei to the Queen Victoria of England and to Her Heirs, male or female for ever in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred pounds of money. Tamaterau is the name by which this land isTamaterau.
known, and is the same delineated on the map in the margin of this Deed. These are the boundaries, commencing at the sea side, thence along a surveyed line dividing theBoundaries.
said land from Pukekaikutu up to the top of the range, thence along a surveyed line on the top of the range to the boundary of the Land we sold to Gorrie—thence along the boundary line of Waimahanga—thence along the boundary line of the Ohiwa Block till it reaches Waikaraka thence along the boundary line of waikaraka till it reaches the Harbour of Whangarei—thence along the sea shore to the point of commencement at Pukekaikutu. Now we hereby acknowledge to have received the before named sum ofReceipt for £200.
Two hundred pounds from the hands of John Grant Johnson a Commissioner for the purchase of Land from the Natives, and therefore consent, let go and thoroughly give up the said Land to the Queen Victoria of England and Her Heirs for ever, and in token of the same we do hereby sign our names.Wiremu Pohe.
Wiremu Pepene.
Ihaka Kai tapu.
Hirawani.
Tipene Hari x his mark.
Hinewaru x his mark.
Whare Te Puia x
his mark.
Epiniha Monariki.
Hira Whatiwhati.
Hemi Hinewaru x
his mark.
Manihera Te Hono x his mark.
Witness to signatures and payment—
(Signed) John Grant Johnson, District Land Commr.
True Translation.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February 9th, 1875.