Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

Translation

Translation.

This Deed

written on this the twelfth 12th day of March in the Year of our Lord 1859

1859. 12 March.

Coromandel District.

is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Paoa 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 sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England

Kauri.

Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of One hundred and seventy Pounds (£170 . 0 . 0) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Whitianga and named Te Kauri the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto 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 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 James Preece the Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at

Boundaries.

Waitaia running along the sea beach to Pokoharu where it ends, proceeding thence inland to Pukeiti it goes North Westerly to Ramarama and then more Westerly to Wharua where it turns to the South West as far as Mahungataitai, thence in a straight line to Te Kai o Te Paraua where it turns to the South and proceeds in a right line to Waitaia.