Agreement
Ngaruawahia,
13 March, 1873.
Agreement to lease.We the undersigned do and each of us doth hereby agree to
Lease unto Charles Tothill his heirs executors administrators and assigns for
the term hereinafter mentioned all that piece or parcel of land situate at
Patetere and called or known by the name of Te Pakuranga bounded as described in
the Schedule hereto yielding and paying rent at the rate of Five pounds sterling
per annum for each and every one thousand acres
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therein contained until such time as the said land
shall have passed through the Native Land Court and shall have been stocked with
sheep and at such time the said Charles Tothill shall pay an additional sum of
Five pounds per annum for each and every one thousand acres of land contained in
the said block and we further agree that so soon as the said land shall have
passed through the Native Land Court we will when called upon so to do sign and
execute to the said Charles Tothill or his assigns a good and valid lease of the
said land on the terms herein and for a term of Twenty one years from the date
thereof In Witness Whereof we have hereunto signed our names.
Tumai Tawhiti x his mark.
Ko Tawhiora.
Ko Hamahoria Heretaunga.
Ihaia Kopiri x his mark.
Riri ata Kahora x his mark.
Te Mahiana x his mark.
Signed by Tawhiora and Hamahoria Heretaunga, in the pressence of—
J. W. Preece.
Signed by Tumai Tawhiti Ihaia Kopiri, Riri ata Kahora and Te Mahiana the
presence of—
Geo. Drummond Hay, Licensed Interpreter.