Translation.
This Deed written on this Twentieth day of November in the
year of Our Lord 1874
1874. 20 November.
Bay of Plenty District. is a full and final sale conveyance by us the Chiefs and People of the
tribe Ngatiraukawa New Zealand 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 of this day parted with and for ever
transferred unto Victoria Queen of England
Parish Matata Allotment 22. Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who, may succeed her and her and their
assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
(£320 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Charles Oliver Bond Davis and Henry Walker Mitchell
on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the
said monies) all that
Receipt for £320. piece of our land situated at Te Awa-a-te-Atua and named No. 22 Parish
of Matata, the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a
plan of which land is annexed thereto with its 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 thereto, 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 names of Charles Oliver Bond Davis and Henry Walker Mitchell are hereunto
subscribed. These are the boundaries of the laud commencing at the
Boundaries. [2,047 acres.] North West Corner of said allotment No. Twenty Two Parish of Matata,
County of Rotorua and Colony of New Zealand, namely bounded towards the North by
allotment number Twenty three twenty one thousand, four hundred and seventy
links, thence crossing a road 118 links thence by allotment number Twenty three
aforesaid Nine thousand nine hundred and fifty links towards the East by the
Tarawera River, towards the South East by allotment number Nineteen, Fourteen
thousand two hundred and sixty links, thence crossing a road one hundred and
thirty three links, thence by allotment number
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Nineteen aforesaid Four thousand six hundred and
twenty links, towards the South by allotments, numbers Twenty one and Twelve,
Twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty links and towards the West by allotment
number Twelve aforesaid, seven thousand six hundred and Twenty links and
containing Four thousand and forty seven acres.
Katene Motunau.
Ihaia Motunau.
Matenga te Tiaki x his
mark.
Pene Mahinui.
Wi Keepa Ngawhau.
Marino te Waru.
Ani
Tapibana.
Eruera te Riremutu.
Mate Weterure.
Te Rangi Kahotuai
x his mark.
Utiku.
Te Kura x his mark.
Wi Parata.
Reupene
Tutawheao x his mark.
Raniera Tamata.
Mahati te Kaiamo.
Hakopa
Mowehi Kaki.
Paurini teToki x his mark.
Hori Wana.
Arekatera te
Wera Puni.
Ma Nati Motaimoho Matenga.
Pure Hakawa x his mark.
Whiripo Puni.
Ihaka Marino.
Ahitana Tunoke x his mark.
Tamihana
x his mark.
Niri Pamiani.
For the Ngatiraukawa tribe—
Heni Tapihana.
C. O. Davis.
Witness to the payment and signatures—
John C. Young,
Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
Witnesses—
Arekatera te Wera.
John C. Young,
Licensed Interpreter, Auckland.
26r.
Registration. Received for Registration at 10 a.m., 6th
March, 1875.
(l.s.)
M. Hamilton,
Dep. Registrar.
A True Copy of Original Deed, Translation, and Endorsement.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
August 13th, 1875.