Translation.
1858. 19 April.Whaingaroa District.This Deed written on this the nineteenth day of April in the
Year of our Lord 1858 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us
the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatitoa whose names are hereunto subscribed
And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have
by signing this Deed under the shining sun Ngatitoa Claims. of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of
England Her West Coast. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns
for ever in consideration of the Sum of two hundred & forty Pounds
(£240) to us paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and
we hereby acknowledge the Aotea, Whaingaroa, and Kawhia. receipt of the said monies) all those pieces of our Land situated at
Aotea, Whangaroa & Kawhia with the trees minerals waters rivers lakes
streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said
Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To Hold to
Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever
and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we
have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of
the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of
William N. Searancke one of the Commissioners is hereunto Boundaries. subscribed. And this is for the whole of our lands from & about
Whaingaroa to Aotea, Kawhia, and on to the Akau—that is, all those portions of
land which have been sold to the Government of New Zealand by our relations up
to the present date.
William N. Searancke,
Dist. Commr.
Rawiri Puaha x his
mark.
Matene te Whiwhi.
Tamati Waka x his mark.
Tungia.
Wiremu Nero te Kanae x his mark.
Tamati x his mark.
Ropata
Koroniria.
T. Rauparaha.
Te Waka x his mark.
Rawiri Pihama
x.
Anati Rapihana to Otaota.
Ware Mihimihi.
Horopapera
Pukeko.
Ngaria te Pane.
Taituha x his mark.
Hitamana.
Nopera x his mark.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Robert R. Strang, Registrar Supreme Court, Wellington.
Henry A.
White, Settler.
Hoani Meihana.
Receipt for £240. Received this the nineteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty eight (1858) the Sum of two hundred and forty
Pounds sterling (£240) being the consideration money expressed in the
above-written Deed to be paid by William N. Searancke on behalf of Her Majesty
the Queen to us.
T. Rauparaha.
Matene te Whiwhi.
Rawiri Puaha x his mark.
Witnesses—
Robert R. Strang, Registrar Supreme Court, Wellington.
Henry A.
White, Settler.
Hoani Meihana.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
October 29th, 1874.