1874. 5 May.Waikato District.Know all Men by these Presents that I Edwin Torrens Brissenden in the Agreement hereunto annexed mentioned in consideration of all money expended by me for on account of or in respect of the land described in the said Agreement hereunto annexed (which the Waipa. Aboriginal Natives Te Rawa Riko Punoke Herekana Te Kere te Hamoka and Onepoto have agreed by the said Agreement to lease to me as therein mentioned) having been repaid to me on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) I do hereby assign transfer and assure unto Her Majesty Queen Assignment. Victoria All and every right Title interest claim and demand whatsoever which have or possess in to or in respect of All that piece or parcel of land situate at Waikato and called or known by the name of Waipa as the same is described in the Schedule to the said annexed Agreement To hold unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria her heirs and Successors, In Witness Whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals.

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.

Schedule.All that piece or parcel of land situate at Waikato and called or known by the name of Waipa. Bounded as follows Commencing at Ngutumore thence to Matawhero thence by the Pokaiwhenua stream to Waioraka stream thence by the Waioraka stream to Te Roto Potaka thence to Ngawaipuaharua on the Waipa stream thence by that stream to the commencing point as the same is delineated in the map prepared for the Native Land Court and containing Seven thousand and Fifty acres more or less.