Translation.
1858. 19 April. Whaingaroa District.
This Deed
written on this the nineteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord 1858 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatitoa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sunNgatitoa Claims.
of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England HerWest Coast.
Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of two hundred & forty Pounds (£240) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge theAotea, Whaingaroa, and Kawhia.
receipt of the said monies) all those pieces of our Land situated at Aotea, Whangaroa & Kawhia with the trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right 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 hereunto 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 William N. Searancke one of the Commissioners is hereuntoBoundaries.
subscribed. And this is for the whole of our lands from & about Whaingaroa to Aotea, Kawhia, and on to the Akau—that is, all those portions of land which have been sold to the Government of New Zealand by our relations up to the present date.
William N. Searancke,
Dist. Commr.
Rawiri Puaha x his
mark.
Matene te Whiwhi.
Tamati Waka x his mark.
Tungia.
Wiremu Nero te Kanae x his mark.
Tamati x his mark.
Ropata
Koroniria.
T. Rauparaha.
Te Waka x his mark.
Rawiri Pihama
x.
Anati Rapihana to Otaota.
Ware Mihimihi.
Horopapera
Pukeko.
Ngaria te Pane.
Taituha x his mark.
Hitamana.
Nopera x his mark.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Robert R. Strang, Registrar Supreme Court, Wellington.
Henry A.
White, Settler.
Hoani Meihana.
Receipt for £240.
Received this the nineteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight (1858) the Sum of two hundred and forty Pounds sterling (£240) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
T. Rauparaha.
Matene te Whiwhi.
Rawiri Puaha x his mark.
Witnesses—
Robert R. Strang, Registrar Supreme Court, Wellington.
Henry A.
White, Settler.
Hoani Meihana.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, October 29th, 1874.