1874. 5 May.Waikato District.Know all men by these presents that I Edwin Torrens Brissenden in the Deed hereunto annexed mentioned and made between Mourea Hipera Paura Tauwi Perahiha Te Kere Takerei Ngutuwera. and Punoke of the one part and the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden of the other part in consideration of all money expended by the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden for on account of or in respect of the land described in the said Deed hereunto annexed having been repaid to him on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (the receipt whereof Assignment. is hereby acknowledged) He the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden doth hereby assign transfer and assure unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria All and every right title interest claim and demand whatsoever which he the said Edwin Torrens Brissenden hath or possesses in to or in respect of All that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland situate at Patetere in the District of Waikato known by the name of Ngutuwera as the same is more fully described in the said Deed hereunto annexed To hold to Her Majesty Queen Victoria her heirs and successors In Witness Whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals.

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.