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

Agreement

Agreement.

Ngaruawahia 13 March 1873.
Agreement to lease.We the undersigned do and each of us doth hereby agree to Lease unto Edwin Torrens Brissenden his heirs executors administrators and assigns for the term hereinafter mentioned all that piece or parcel of land situate at Waikato and called or known by the name of Waipa 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 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 Edwin Torrens Brissenden shall pay an additional sum of Five pounds per annum for each and every thousand acres 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 Edwin Torrens Brissenden 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 signed our names hereunto.

Te Rawa riki x.
Punoke x his mark.
Herekana x his mark.
te Kere te Hamoka.
Onepoto.

Signed by Punoke Herekana te Kere te Hamoka and Onepoto in the presence of—

J. W. Preece, Licensed Interpreter.