Translation.
1871. 16 May.Bay of Plenty District.This Deed written on this sixteenth day of May in the Year of
our Lord 1871 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs
and People of the Tribe Pirirakau and Ngatihinerangi whose names are hereunto
subscribed and Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and
descendants we have by signing this Deed under Te Puna And Katikati No. 5. the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto
Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and
Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Four Hundred and
Seventy One Pounds (£471 . 0 . 0) to us paid by Henry. T. Clarke on behalf of
the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies)
all that piece of our Land situated at Tauranga and named Te Puna and Katikati
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 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
Henry T. Clarke Boundaries. Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the
Land commencing at Ngakuriawhare thence to Waingaere thence to Oteotahi thence
to Te Whare-o-Tuma-pere thence to Te Onepu thence to Waimata thence to
Ngapuketurua thence to te Whakahakahaka o Rangihau thence to Onewhero thence to
Huruhuru thence to Pukekauri thence to Mangahokio thence to Kakarikikaitahi that
is to say to Te Aroha auta thence in a southerly direction to Tuahu thence to
Motutapere thence to Mangakahika thence to Ngatitamahinerua thence to Hanga
thence to Rekerekeokautere thence to Mangakaiwhiria thence turning towards the
sea to te Umuokorongaehe thence to Te Ranga thence to Pukemanuka thence to Te
Puna thence along the sea shore to Ngakuriawhare the commencing boundary. These
are the boundaries of the land sold by Ngaiterangi to the Queen, that is to say
to the Government.
Receipt for £471. We have received on this sixteenth day of May in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy one from Henry Tacy Clarke the sum of Four hundred and
seventy one pounds sterling (£471) in consideration of the claims of these three
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Pirirakau
Ngatihinerangi and Ngatitokotoko) to tie Land sold by all the Ngaiterangi to the
Government the Boundaries and description (map) of which are given above.
Sd. Kepa Ringatu. Paratene.
Te Kahukoti.
Pukutoia.
James, Pottier.
Hori, Teira.
Henry T. Clarke,
Civil Commissioner.
Witness to signatures and payment of the money—
(Sd.) Hopkins Clarke, Clerk to R.M. Court, Tauranga.
Robert S.
Bush, Clerk, C.C. Office, Auckland.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
January 15th, 1875.