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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deeds—No. 414.]

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Deeds—No. 414.

Karoromanu Block, Waikato District.

Kia mohio ra nga tangata katoa ki enei Pukapuka no tenei ra no te tekau ma rua 12 o 1857. 12 June.Waikato District. nga ra o Hune i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu 1857. Ko matou ko nga Rangatira Maori me nga tangata Maori hoki o Nui Tireni e Karoromanu. mau nei nga ingoa i raro nei hei whakaritenga mo nga pauna moni kotahi rau £100 takitahi kua utua mai ki a matou e te Rokena (John Rogan Esquire) mo te Kuini Wikitoria (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) Ko matou katoa ko ia tangata ko ia tangata a ko tenei Pukapuka te whakaaetanga ka Hoko nei ka tuku nei page 574ka Hoatu nei ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona Uri ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia me ana e hoatu ai Taua wahi whenua katoa ko Karoromanu kei Waikato.
Boundaries.[2,088 acres.] Ka timata te Rohe o te whenua ki Ngapuketurua ka haere i te takutai o te Moana tae noa ki te puaha o Matuatua ka haere i roto o te wai o Matuatua a tae noa ki te Paripari ka ahu whakararo ki Tetaha a Waipuna a Karoromanu a Pukengaio ka whati ki rere ki Ngapuketurua ka tutuki nga Rohe i mua.
Reserve at Matuatua. Kotahi te wahi i tapu mo matou kua oti te whakaahua ki te taha o tenei Pukapuka Kei te puaha o Matuatua taua wahi—Me nga tikanga katoa me nga Mea katoa o taua whenua me te tikanga me te Putake me te Panga me te Wahi me te Tononga o matou katoa o matou takitahi ranei e mau ake nei ki taua whenua. A hei mau tonu taua whenua me ona Mea katoa ki a te Kuini me ana e hoatu ai mo ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo tenei tukunga kua tuhia nei o matou Ingoa.

John Rogan,Dist. Commr.
Tamihana.
Te Ao x mark of te rangi.
Herewini Tahinga.
Te x mark of Raku.
Te x Meihana.
Ho x ne.
Ho x ri.
Pa x ra (boy).
Haimona x.
Henare.
Te x Kaiwa.
Hu x nia.

I tuhia i te aroaro o—

Will. N. Searancke, Govt. Surveyor.
Elwin Brodie Dickson, Clerk Nat. Sec. Office.

Receipt for £100. Kua riro mai i tenei tekau ma rua 12 ra o Hune i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu 1857 nga pauna moni kotahi rau £100 takitahi ko te utu tino whakaritenga tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e te Rokena (John Rogan Esquire) mo te Kuini.

Tamihana.
Te Ao x mark of te rangi.

I tuhia i te aroaro o—

Will. N. Searancke, Government Surveyor.
Elwin Brodie Dickson, Clerk Nat. Sec. Office.

Translation.

1857. 12 June.Waikato District.Know all men by these Presents that on this twelfth 12 day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven 1857 We the undersigned aboriginal Native Chiefs and aboriginal Natives of New Zealand in consideration of the Karoromanu. sum of one hundred pounds £100 to us paid by John Rogan Esquire on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) do and each of us doth hereby sell release and convey unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria Her heirs successors and assigns all that piece or parcel of land known by the name of Karoromanu at Waikato.
Boundaries.[2,088 acres.] The boundary of the land commences at Ngapuketurua thence along the sea coast until it reaches the mouth of the Matuatua stream thence along the Matuatua stream until it reaches te Paripari thence on northward to Tetaha to Waipuna to Kororomanu and to Pukengaio turning thence to Ngapuketurua and striking the old boundary.
Reserve at Matuatua. One place only is reserved for us, the plan whereof is attached to this Deed The said place is at the mouth of Matuatua—And all the Rights and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and all the Right Title Interest Claim and Demand whatsoever of us and each of us therein and thereto to Have and to Hold the said Land and Appurtenances unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Assigns absolutely for ever. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.

John Rogan, Dist. Commr.
Tamihana,
And 11 other signatures.

Signed in the presence of—

Will. N. Searancke, Govt. Surveyor.
Elwin Brodie Dickson, Clerk Nat. Sec. Office.

Receipt for £100. Received on this twelfth 12 day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven 1857. The sum of One hundred Pounds The full consideration money expressed in the above written Deed to be paid by John Rogan on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Tamihana.Te Ao x mark of te rangi.

Signed in the presence of—

Will. N. Searancke, Govt. Surveyor.
Elwin Brodie Dickson, Clerk Nat. Sec. Office.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 8th, 1875.

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