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

[Deeds—No. 235.]

Deeds—No. 235.

Pukapuka No. 2 Block, Tamaki, Auckland District.

Ko te tuhituhinga

o tenei Pukapuka i te 22 o nga ra o Maehe i te tau 1854 te whakaaetanga

1854. 22 March. Auckland District.

o Paora me Nga Rangatira o Ngatiwhatua te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarangi mona na ka whakaae nei matou te hunga no ratou te kainga e whakaaetia ana i tenei Pukapuka kia hokona tenei kainga kia Kuini

Pukapuka No. II.

Victoria

hei utu mo nga moni £500 kua homai nei ki aku ringaringa, a e whakaae ana ano te Kuini o Ingarangi mona kia utua mai ano ki nga Tangata Maori i nga moni ana hokona atu ki te Pakeha kia

10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes

tekau pauna o te rau e hoki mai mo enei mea, hei utu Kura akonga mo o matou Tamariki, hei hanga Ohipera, hei rongoatanga mo o matou turoro, hei utu mo nga Rata

rongoa ia matou hei hanga Mira mo matou, hei moni hoatu mo o matou Rangatira Maori a mo nga mea katoa e uru ai nga Tangata Maori ko nga rohe enei To te

Maraugai

kei te

Boundaries

Rohe o te Kuini, To te Hauraro, kei te awa o te Pukapuka To, te hauauru kei tetahi o nga peka o te awa o te Pukapuka o te rohe o te tukunga a te Hira Kawau kia Kuini, To te Tonga kei te raina o Kuini ara kei te ara nui ki te Kareti ki Tamaki, na konei ka hoatu nei ka tuku atu nei kia

Victoria

te Kuini o Ingarangi me nga Kingi me nga Kuini me ona uri i muri i a ratou ake ake tenei whenua me ona aha me ona aha katoa o tenei kainga kua tuhituhi te ahua o te whenua ki tua nei.

Paora Tuhaere.

Kai titiro—

John White, Interpreter

Andrew Sinclair, Clerk

Receipt for £500.

Kua riro mai ia ahu nga moni kua whakaaetia i tenei Pukapuka i tenei ra i te 22 o Maehe i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1854

Paul Tuhaere.

Kai titiro—

John White, Interpreter

Andrew Sinclair, Clerk, S.G.O.

Translation.

1854. 22 March.

This Deed

entered into on the 22nd March 1854 the consenting of Paul and Chiefs of the

Auckland District.

Ngatiwhatua the consenting also of the Queen of England on her part Now we the owners of the Land as agreed to in this Deed consent to sell this Land to Queen

Pukapuka No. II.

Victoria for the sum of Five Hundred Pounds now given into our hands, it is further agreed by the Queen of England on her part that there shall be paid for the following purposes that is to say for the Founding of Schools in which persons of our race may be taught for the Construction of Hospitals in which persons of our race may be tended

10 per cent. on sales to be expended for native purposes

for the payment of Medical Attendance for us for the Construction of Mills for us for Annuities for our Chiefs or for other purposes of a like nature in which the Natives of this Country have an interest, Ten per Cent. or Ten Pounds out of every Hundred Pounds out of monies from time to time received for this Land when resold. For this we give up and make over to Victoria Queen of England her Heirs and Successors for ever this Land and all thereto belonging for ever and ever.

Boundaries

The Boundaries are these, on the East by the Government line on the North by the Creek of the Pukapuka On the West by a branch of the Pukapuka Creek being the Government boundary of the land as sold by the Hira to the Queen on the South by the Government line that is the cart road to St. John's College and to the Tamaki.

A sketch of the land is on the other side.

(Signed) Paul Tuhaere.

Witnesses—

(Signed) John White, Interpreter

(Signed) Andrew Sinclair, Clerk, S.G.O.

Receipt for £500.

Received by me the sum of money as agreed to in this Deed on the 22nd March, 1854.

(Signed) Paul Tuhaere.

Witnesses—

(Signed) John White, Interpreter

(Signed) Andrew Sinclair, Clerk, S.G.O.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 8th, 1874.