(Enclosure 13 in No. 466.)
Memorandum of Agreement made this Fifteenth day of December
One thousand Eight Enclosure 13. hundred and Sixty Eight between Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau and Timi
Tirua Native Chiefs of the District of Tauranga in the Province of Auckland in
the Colony of New Zealand of the one part and Messrs. Whitaker and Russell
Solicitors of the City of Auckland of the other part. Whereby the said Taraiti
Tukunui te Rangihau and Timi Tirua agree to s[gap — reason: illegible]l to the
said Messrs. Whitaker and Russell all that piece or parcel of land situated on
the Island of Matakana in the District of Tauranga in the Province of Auckland
in the Colony of New Zealand and known by the name of Hanatea and containing
Hanates. [100 acres.] one hundred acres more or less And the said Messrs. Whitaker and Russell
agree to purchase the said land and agree to pay to the said Taraiti Tukunui te
Rangihau and Timi Tirua at the rate of Four shillings per acre in manner
following, the sum of Twelve pounds to be paid on signing this agreement and the
balance on the execution of a Conveyance for the said land. And the said Taraiti
Tukunui Te Rangihau and Timi Tirua further agree to have the said land surveyed
without loss of time at their cost.
Signed this Fifteenth day of December One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty
Eight.
Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau x his mark.
Timi Tirua.
In the presence of—
Wy. Ashcroft.
I hereby certify that I have read over the above agreement to Taraiti
Tukunui te Rangihau and Timi Tirua and that they fully understand its
contents.
Richard de Thierry, L. I.
Receipt for £12. Received the sum of Twelve pounds stg. on a/c.
Taraiti Tukunui te Rangihau x his mark.
Auckland,
15 Dec, 1868.
Witness—
R. de Thierry.