1873 29 AugustHauraki District. This Deed made the Twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy three, Between. Meha Te Moananui, Aperahama Te Reira, Mango Kauaeranga B XIIIa. Whaiapu, Ngapari, and Aihepepene of the District of Hauraki, in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the Receipt for £77. said Natives of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Seventy Seven Pounds paid by Her Majesty to the said Natives (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said Natives do hereby convey and assure release surrender and cede unto Her said Majesty Her heirs and successors All that portion of the Foreshore or parcel of land between high-water mark and low-water mark at The Thames in the District of Hauraki in the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Kauaeranga B 13a containing by admeasurement Fifteen acres — roods and — perches be the same more or less. Boundaries. [15 acres.] Bounded on the North by Kauaeranga B 13; on the South by Kauaeranga B 12a; on the East by Kauaeranga No. 13a; on the West by Low-Water Mark, as the same is delineated on the plan drawn hereon. With all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging And all other the estate right title interest and demand whatsoever if any 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 Provided always that this Deed and nothing herein contained or implied shall be deemed in any way to infringe upon or affect the undoubted prerogatives of Her said Majesty Her heirs and successors as the sole absolute Sovereigns of the whole territory of New Zealand its shores and waters. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first hereinbefore written.