Translation.
This Deed written on this twenty first day of October in the
Year of our Lord 1864
1864 21 October.Mangonui District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and
People of the Tribe Te Rarawa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth
that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing
this Deed under the
Waimutu shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto
Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and
Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of thirty-nine 10/
Pounds (£39 . 10 . 0) to us paid by W. B. White Civil Commissioner on behalf of
the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies)
all that piece of our Land situated at Taipa and named Waimutu 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
H. T. Kemp, Dist. Commissioner is
hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the
Boundaries. [79 acres.] Land commencing on the South on the former boundary of Otengi, from
thence in a northerly direction until it reaches the boundary of Mr. Clarke's
land, from thence it turns in a Southerly direction until it reaches Ryder's
boundary, more particularly described in the Deed annexed.
Mai hi te hu hu.
Nopera.
Hehi.
Received this twenty
first day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
Receipt for £39/10/ eight hundred and sixty four (1864) the Sum of thirty nine 10/ Pounds
sterling (£39 . 10 . 0) being the consideration money expressed in the
above-written Deed to be paid by W. B. White, Civil Commissioner on behalf of
Her Majesty the Queen to us.
ti pe ne ta ha.
Ko a perahama.
te Hira.
Witnessess—
Henry Grover.
Geo. Kelly.
H. T. Kemp,
D.
Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
28th October, 1874.