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Hikutaia No. 3 Block, Thames Disteict.
Utuku Kopa Eru Teretiu Hone Mahia Hone Ropiha
Te Ura Whare Tamati Waka Te Puhi Erueti Te Roro Renata Kitahi Ihipera Tiki
Tukaramaene Neri Mahia Wiremu Te Aramoana Wiremu Retana Pokiha Netana Marara
Tapui Mere Kaimanu Hera Kaimanu Hohepa Mahia Riki Mahia Hera Puna Raiha Ropiha
Tupotiki Haora Tareranui Te Kemara Tiraruahine Maraea Kaimanu Te Aorere Parata
Te Mapu Mohi Mangakahia Hoani Nahe Peata Rapata Te Arakai Wararahi Turipona
Rapana Te Uia Takarei te Putu Ihipera Rangihoro and Ruta Pahau all of the tribes
Ngatekaraua and Ngatimatau residing in the District of Hauraki in the Province
of Auckland Colony of New Zealand hereinafter called the said Vendors of the one
part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part Witnesseth that in
consideration of the sum of One thousand two hundred pounds sterling by Her said
Majesty Queen Victoria to the said Price, £1,200. Vendors (the receipt whereof they the said Vendors Do and each and every
of them Doth hereby acknowledge) They the said Vendors Do and each and every of
them Doth hereby convey and assure Unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria her
successors and assigns All those two pieces or parcels of land containing by
admeasurement respectively [5,440 acres.] four thousand nine hundred and fifteen acres and Five hundred and thirty
acres more or less situate in the District of Hauraki province of Auckland
colony of New Zealand and called or known as Hikutaia Number three the several
boundaries of which said pieces or parcels of land and the several measurements
of the Boundary lines thereof are particularly shewn and set out on the plan of
the said pieces.of land hereby conveyed drawn hereon Together with all the
rights easements and appurtenances thereto belonging and all deeds thereto
relating. And all other rights which the said Vendors or any or either of them
have or may have of in to or out of the said pieces or parcels of land To hold
the same premises Unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria her successors and
assigns for ever. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their
hands the day and year first above written.Hona Taiawa x his mark.
Eru Teretiu x his mark.
Haora
Tareranui.
Whire mil Hapimana.
Hawira Te Wahapu.
Raika
Whakarongotai.
Utuku Kopa.
Hoani Nahe.
Hoani Mataia x his
mark.
horinga kapa whanaunga.
hera puna.
Hone ropiha.
Teura
Whare.
Te Ruihana Kawhero x his mark.
Karaitiana Kihau.
Wiremu te
aramoana.
Te Arorere x her mark.
Mohi Mangakahia.
Te Koukou Tutere
x his mark.
Henare Whanui x his mark.
Hone Mahia.
hera
Kaimanu.
Parata te Mapu.
Na te koki tiritini.
Rawiri
Taiporutu.
Timoti Piritaha x his mark.
Ihipera Rangihoro x her
mark.
Renata Kitahi.
hohepa mataitaua.
anaru
pahapaha.
Wikiriwhi te Pokiha x his mark.
Eru Pakiuma x his
mark.
Hemi Titiparu x his mark.
Katarina Hiki x her mark.
Maraea
Taupoki x her mark.
Kereopa te Kirihuakuru x her mark.
Peata x her
mark.
Hone Maihia.
Ruta Pahau x her mark.
Rawinia te Teretere x
her mark.
Tamati Waka te Puhi.
eruera te roro.
Kapihana Te
Tuhi.
Wararahi Turipona.
Raiha Ropiha x her mark.
Wiremu Patene x
his mark.
tupotiki.
Pokiha Netana x his mark.
Patene
Raukura.
Tuterei Karewa x his mark.
tu Karama.
Rapana Te
Uia.
Ropatate Arakai.
rei ha na po to.
Neri Mahia x His
mark.
Wiremu Netana x his mark.
Mere Kaimanu x her mark.
Riki
Mahia x his mark.
Ihipera Tiki.
Maraca Kaimann x her mark.
Hawea
Hokaia x his mark.
Reupene Whetuki.
Marara Tapui x her
mark.
Peneamene Kawhena.
Hohepa Mahia.
te ke mara te
raruahina.
Hata Paka.
Ta kerei Te Putu.
Signed by the said Hone Mahia Hera Kaimanu Parata te Mapu Te Koki
Teritni Rawiri Taiporutu Timoti Piritahi Ihipera Rangihoro Renata Kitahi
Hohepa Mataitaua Anaru Pahapaha Wikiriwhi Pokiha Eru Pakiuma Hemi Titiparu
Karaitiana Hiki Maraea Taupoki Kereopa te Kirihuakuru Peata Hone Mahia Ruta
Pakau Rawinia te Teretere Tamati Waka te Puhi Erueti te Roro Kapihana te Tuhi
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Potiki Hona Taiwa Eru Teretiu Haora Tareranui
Wiremu Hapimana Hawira te Whahopu Raika Whabarongotai Utuku Kopa Hoani Nahe
Patene Raukura Tuterei Karewa Tu Karamaene Rapana te Uia Rapata te Arakai
Reihana Poto Hori Ngakapa Whanaunga Hera Puna Hone Ropiha Te Ura Whare Te
Ruihana. Kawhero and Karaitiaria Kihau in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
J. W. R.
Guilding, Licensed Interpreter, Shortland.
Signed by the said Pokiha Netana in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
W. G. Nicholls, Settler, Shortland.
Signed by the said Te Koukou Tutere and Henare Whanui in the presence of us—
W. H. Grace, Licensed Interpreter, Shortland.
Gerald O'Halloran,
Agent, Shortland.
Signed by the said Neri Mahia Wiremu Netana Mere Kaimanu Riki Mahia Ihipera Tiki Maraea Kaimanu and Hawea Hokaia in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Robert Callaway, Miner, Coromandel.
Signed by the said. Wiremu te Aramoana and Te Aorere in the presence of—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Alfred
Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
Signed by the said Peneamene Kawhene Reupena Whetuki and Marara Tapui in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
A. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
Signed by the said Hohepa Mahia in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
lnterpreter, Auckland.
Gerald O'Halloran, Agent, Shortland.
Signed by the said Te Kemara Tiraruahine Hata Paka and Takerei te Putu in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Phillip Bennett, Storekeeper, Ohinemuri.
Signed by the said Hoani Mataia in the presence of us—
J. W. Preece, Licensed
Interpreter, Auckland.
Isaac Wilson, Joiner, Coromandel.
Signed by the said Mohi Mangakahia in the presence of us—
William A. Graham, Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
John McFarlane,
Clerk, Wangapoua.