Deeds—No. 363.
Moanataiari No. 2a Block, Hauraki District.
1871 2 October Hauraki District.
This Deed
made the Second day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one Between Aihe Pepene and Hirawa te Moananui of theMoanataiari No. II a.
District of Hauraki in Queen's County in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the said Natives of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part Whereas a Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands Court on the Sixth day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one whereby it is certified that the said Natives are the owners according to Native Custom of the exclusive right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All that portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark called or known by the name of Moanataiari Number Two A hereinafter more particularly described And whereas the said Natives have agreed to Sell to Her said Majesty all their Estate and Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel of Land for the price of Thirty eight pounds Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Thirty Eight pounds paid by Her said Majesty to the said Natives (the receiptReceipt for £38.
whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said Natives Do and each of them Doth hereby Convey and Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of all that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of Land between high-water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District of Haurakit in the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Moanataiari Number Two A containing by admeasurement SixBoundaries. [6a. 1r. 36p.]
acres One rood and Thirty Six perches be the same more or less Bounded towards the North East by Highwater line towards the South East by the Moanataiari Number Three Block Three thousand Three hundred and Eighty-six links towards the South West by Low water line One hundred and Eighty five links and towards the North West by the Kauaeranga Number Twenty eight A Block Three thousand Four hundred and Thirty links as the same is delineated on the Plan drawn hereon With all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging And All the estate rights title interest and demand whatsoever of the said Natives in and to the said Foreshore or parcel of Land and Premises and every part thereof To Have and to Hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors for ever In Witness Whereof the said Parties have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first hereinbefore written.
Aihe Pepene.
Hirawa Te Moananui.
Signed by the said Aihe Pepene and Hirawa
te Moananui—
W. H.
Taipari, The Thames.
Edwd. Hy. Power, Native Interpreter.
[Declaration of Edward Henry Power]
Declaration of Edward Henry Power.
I Edward Henry Power
of The Thames in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Licensed Native Interpreter do most solemnly and sincerely declare as follows that is to say—1. | I did faithfully interpret into the Maori language the within Deed to Aihe Pepene and Te Hirawa Te Moananui the part named therein immediately before the execution of the said Deed by |
2 | My Translation of the said Deed was correct and Was understood by the said Aihe Pepene and Hirawa Te Moananui. |
3 | The said Deed was executed by the said Aihe Pepene Hirawa Te Moananui in the presence of Wirope Hoterene Taipari of The Thames in the said Province of Auckland and me this Declarant. |
4 | The name Edward Henry Power set and subscribed as that of one of the Witnesses attesting the due execution of the said Deed is of my proper hand writing and I hold a Certificate authorizing me to act as an Interpreter under "The Native Lands Act 1865" and "The Native Lands Act 1867" which said Certificate is in full force and effect. |
5 | The name Wirope Hoterene Taipari set and subscribed as that of one of the witnesses attesting the due execution of the said Deed is of the proper handwriting of the said Wirope Hoterene Taipari and the said Wirope Hoterene Taipari is a male adult. And I make this solemn Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the said several Acts and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand; aforesaid intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act 1866." |
Edwd. Hy. Power.
Made and declared at The Thames in the Pro
vince of Auckland in the
Colony of New
Zealand this seventh clay of December One
Thousand Eight
Hundred and Seventy one
Before me—
H.
Chas. Lawlor,
A. Justice of the Peace.
3950
d
Endorsement. Received for Registration at 2 p.m., 21 July,
1874.
(l.s.)
M.
Hamilton,
Dep. Registrar.
A True Copy of Original Deed, Declaration and Endorsement:
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,8th March, 1875.