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A compendium of official documents relative to native affairs in the South Island, Volume One.

No. 7. — Copy of the New Zealand Company's Second Deed of Purchase, including the Nelson District. Dated 25th October, 1839

No. 7.
Copy of the New Zealand Company's Second Deed of Purchase, including the Nelson District. Dated 25th October, 1839.

Know all men by these presents, that we the undersigned chiefs of Kapiti or Entry Island, and the country adjacent to the said island on both sides of Cook Strait in New Zealand, have this day sold and parted with all our rights, claims, titles, and interests in all the lands, islands, tenements, woods, bays, harbours, rivers, streams, and creeks, within certain boundaries, as shall be duly described in this deed or instrument, unto William Wakefield, Esq., in trust for the Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns for ever, in consideration of having received, as a full and just payment for the same, six single-barrelled guns, five double-barrelled guns, one hundred red blankets, five hundredweight and one quarter of tobacco, twenty muskets, fifty iron pots, two cases of soap, twenty kegs of powder, one keg of lead slabs, fifty cartouche boxes, one hundred tomahawks, twenty pipe tomahawks, ten gross of pipes, two dozen spades, fifty steel axes, one thousand fish hooks, six dozen shirts two hundred yards of check, ten dozen pocket handkerchiefs, two dozen slates and two hundred pencils, five dozen looking-glasses, ten dozen pocket knives, five dozen pairs of scissors, five dozen dressing combs, one cask of ball, cartridges, five hundred flints, six quires of cartridge paper, sixty jackets and pairs of trousers, one dozen flushing coats, one dozen adzes, two pounds of beads, and one dozen shaving boxes and razors, which we the aforesaid chiefs do hereby acknowledge to have been received by us from the aforesaid William Wakefield. And in order to prevent any dispute or misunderstanding, and to guarantee more strongly unto the said William Wakefield, his executors and administrators, in trust for the said Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns, for ever, true and undisputed possession of the aforesaid lands, islands, &c., we the undersigned chiefs, for ourselves, our families, tribes, and successors, for ever, do hereby agree and bind ourselves, individually and collectively to the description following, which constitutes the boundaries of the said lands, islands, &c., now sold by us the undersigned chiefs to the said William Wakefield, in trust for the said Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, this 25th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1839, that is to say, the whole of the lands, islands, &c., which are now in our possession, or to which we now lay any claim, or in which we now have any rights or interests on the southern as well as on the northern shore of Cook Strait in New Zealand, comprising all those lands, islands, &c., situate on the southern shore of the said Cook Strait, which are bounded on the South by the parallel of the 43rd degree of south latitude, and on the West, North, and East by the sea, including Taitapu, Wanganui, Onetana or Cape Farewell, Pakawai, Takaka, Taomiti, Motueka, Waimea, Whakatu, Wakapuaka, Kaiana, and Hoiano in Blind Bay, Rangitoto or D'Urville's Island, the Hoiere or Pelorus River, Admiralty Bay, and the several islands of Motungarara, Kararu, Kakaho, and Nukuaiata situate therein, Omahanga or Port Gore, Totaranui or Queen Charlotte's Sound, Wanganui, or Port Underwood in Cloudy Bay; the river and district of Wairoa, Parinuiowiti, Kaparatiao, Te Karaka or Cape Campbell, Waipapa, Mangamaunu, Kaikoura, Aitiu, Peketa Te Kiakia, Omihi, and Te Whanga; and also comprising all those lands, islands, &c., situate on the northern shore of Cook Strait, which are bounded on the North-east by a direct line drawn from the southern head of the river or harbour of Mokao, situate on the West Coast, in the latitude of about 38 degrees south to Cape Tehukahore, situate on the East Coast, in the latitude of about 41 degrees south; and on the East, South, and West by the sea, excepting always the Island of Kapiti or Entry Island, and the small islands adjacent thereto, and the Island of Mana or Table Island, all situate on the said northern shore of Cook Strait, but including Tehukahore, Warehama, Rangiwakawa, Wainerap, Turakina, Wanganuiatera or Port Nicholson, Rimarap, Operangao, Omeri, Tekamero, Ohariu, Titahi, Porirua, Ohoeka, Terewarewa, Waikawa, Waimea, Otaki, Owaha, Manawatu, Rangitikei, Wangaihu, Turakina, Wanganui, Waitotara, Whenuakura, Patea, Tangahoe, Ngatiruanui, Pahakahatiro, Taranaki, Moturoa, and the several other Sugar Loaf Islands, and the river or harbour of Mokao. And we the undersigned chiefs do hereby acknowledge for ourselves, our families, tribes, and successors page 65 for ever, to have this day received full and just payment for the said lands, islands, &c., within the aforesaid boundaries; and he the said William Wakefield is to have and to hold the lands, islands, &c., as aforesaid unto the said William Wakefield, his executors and administrators, in trust for the Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Company, of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns, to and for their own proper use, and as and for their own proper goods and chattels, from henceforth and for ever; and we the said chiefs, as undersigned, hereby, for ourselves, our families, tribes, and successors for ever, do covenant, promise, and agree to and with the said William Wakefield in manner following—that is to say, that the said hereby bargained premises, and every part thereof, are, and so for ever shall be, remain, and continue unto the said Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company, of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns, free and clear, and freely and clearly acquitted, discharged, and exonerated of, from, and against all former and other gifts, claims, grants, bargains, sales, and encumbrances whatsoever; and we the undersigned chiefs do further promise and bind ourselves, our families, tribes and successors, to assist, defend, and protect the said Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company, of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns, for ever, in maintaining an undisputed possession of the aforesaid lands, islands, &c., sold by us to the said William Wakefield, in trust for the said Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company, of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns, for ever, as aforesaid. And the said William Wakefield, on behalf of the said Governors and Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company, of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns, for ever, does hereby covenant, promise, and agree to and with the said chiefs, in manner following; that is to say, that a portion of the land ceded by them, suitable and sufficient for the resident and proper maintenance of the said chiefs, their tribes, and families, will be reserved by the said Governors and Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company, of London, and held in trust by them for the future benefit of the said chiefs, their families, tribes, and successors, for ever.

In witness whereof, the said chiefs of the first part, and the said William Wakefield, of the second part, have hereunto put their hands and seals this 25th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1839.

Te Hiko, his x mark.
Rauparaha, for himself, Naoranga, and Nohorua, his x mark.
Tungia, his x mark.
Te Whetu, for him self and Mure, his + mark
Taki, his x mark.
Etou, his x mark.
Paioki, his x mark.
Tamaihngia, or Charley, for himself and brother, his x mark.
Rangihiroa, his x mark.
Tutahanga, his x mark.
Rangihaeata, his x mark.
W. Wakefield.

Witness—

Richard Lowry.
George W. Lewis.
George Doddrey.

A true copy, the same having been compared with the original document by us,

R. T. Yates,
Commissioner's Secretary.
Edwd. Hardy,
Gentleman,

Auckland.