Translation.
This Deed written on this seventh day of December in the
year of our Lord 1872
1872. 7 December.Piako District. is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and
People of the Tribe Ngatipaoa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth
that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing
this Deed under
Waemaro. the 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 One hundred Pounds
(£100 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Edward Walter Puckey Esqre on behalf of the Queen
Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that
piece of our Land situated at Piako and named Waemaro 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 Edward Walter Puckey Commissioner is
hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at
Oterekanga
Boundaries.
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on the Piako River thence by that
river to Te Aro toto waka thence by a survey line to Te Ngarara a Te Umutaoroa,
thence by a line direct to Purakau on the Waitoa River thence by that River to
Te Ripituna thence by a creek to Te Kahikatea thence by the Waitoa River to
Tirikohua thence by a line direct to Oterekanga to the place of commencement.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
James S. Kirving.
W. H. Taipari, Hauraki.
Receipt for £100. Received this seventh day of December in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy two (1872) the Sum of One hundred Pounds sterling £100
. 0 . 0) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be
paid by
Edward Walter Puckey on
behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
Hone Rangaunu.
Witnesses—
James S. Kirving.
W. H. Taipari, Hauraki.
2861f.
Registration. Received for Registration at 2 p.m., 21 July, 1874.
M. Hamilton, Dep. Registrar.
(L.S.)
A True Copy of Original Deed, Declaration, and Endorsement.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, January 11th, 1875.