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

Lease from Mourea and Others to Edwin T. Brissenden

Lease from Mourea and Others to Edwin T. Brissenden.

This Deed made the Twelfth day of April One thousand eight hundred and seventy three between Mourea Hipera Paora Tauwi Perahiha Te Kere Takerei Punoke All of 1873. 12 April.Lease of Ngutuwera Block to Edwin T. Brissenden. the District of Waikato in the Province of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand aboriginal natives of the one part and Edwin Torrens Brissenden of the City of Auckland in the said Province Gentleman of the other part. Witnesseth that in consideration of the rent hereafter reserved and the covenants and agreements herein contained or implied by virtue of the conveyancing ordinance of New Zealand on the lessee's part to be performed and kept they the said Natives do and each of them doth hereby demise and lease unto the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden his executors administrators and assigns all that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland containing by admeasurement twelve thousand acres more or less situate at Patetere in the District of Waikato
Boundaries. [12,000 acres.] County known by the name of Ngutuwera. Bounded on the South by the Pakuranga block on the East by the Oraka stream on the North by a line from the Oraka to Waioraka and on the South by the Waioraka, As the same is delineated by the plan drawn hereon, With all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging to hold the same unto the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden his executors administrators and assigns for the term of twenty one years from the time the said land shall pass through the Native land Court and a Crown Grant issued by said Court in favor of and to the said Natives their heirs executors or assigns when the said Natives their heirs and executors or assigns agree to execute another Deed similar to the present one in favor of the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden his executors administrators or assigns, Yielding paying therefor unto the said Natives their heirs or assigns the yearly rental of one penny stg. per acre and an additional 20/ Twenty shillings for every one thousand acres when the land is occupied with sheep in lieu of the said penny stg. per acre by even and equal yearly payments the first payment thereof to be made on the day the said Natives their heirs or assigns execute the second Deed herein mentioned And the said Natives do and each of them doth for their heirs executors or administrators jointly and severally covenant promise and agree to and with the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden his executors administrators and assigns that they shall not nor will not during the continuance of the time hereby created sell or dispose of the land herein demised or any part thereof to any person or persons other than the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden his executors administrators or assigns Pro-page 591vided always and it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said parties hereto that in case default shall be made by the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden his executors administrators or assigns for three months in payments of the rent hereby reserved or of the covenants conditions and agreements herein contained or implied on his part to be performed and kept then and in any or either of the said cases it shall be lawful for the said Natives their heirs or assigns thereupon or at any time thereafter into and upon the said demised premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole to reenter and the same to have again repossess and enjoy as of their former estate.

In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names Signed by the said

Moruea x his mark.
Hipera x her mark.
Paora Tauwi x his mark.
Perahiha x his mark. Te Kere.
Takerei x his mark.
Punoke x his mark.

Witness—

Edwd. R. Tregear.

Witness—

te aranui.

Signed by the said Mourea Hipera Paora Tauwi Perahiha Takerei and Punoke by their marks they being unable to sign their names and by Te Kere in the presence of—

George Drummond Hay, Licensed Interpreter, Cambridge;

and

E. R. Tregear, Licensed Surveyor, Auckland.

Receipt for £10. Received this 7th day of April the sum of Ten Pounds stg in advance and on account of rent of land mentioned in the above Deed.

Hipera x her mark.
Paora x his mark.

Witness—

Te Aranui.

I George William Drummond Hay a duly licensed Native Interpreter do hereby certify that above receipt was understood by the Natives signing the same and that they desire their right title and interest in the above named land to be charged with the said sum of money.

George Drummond Hay,
Licensed Interpreter, Cambridge.

I hereby transfer all my right title and interest in the within lease to Charles Tothill of Auckland.

E. T. Brissenden.

Auckland, May 28, 1873.

I hereby transfer all my right title and interest in the within lien to Her Majesty the Queen.

Charles Tothill.

Auckland, 5th May, 1874.

Witness—

Thos. Buddle.

A True Copy of Original Deed, Lease, and Transfers.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 26th, 1875.