Kopaeara No. 2 (Maketu), Bay of Plenty District.
1871. 16 December.Bay of Plenty District.This Deed made the sixteenth day of December one thousand
eight hundred and seventy one Between Marara Rangihoro and Te Mapu aboriginal
natives of New Zealand of the one part and Her Majesty Victoria Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland Kopaeara No. 2, Maketu. and her successors of the other part Witnesseth that in consideration of
the rent hereby reserved and the covenants and powers hereinafter contained and
herein implied by For Telegraph Station. virtue of the conveyancing Ordinance Number Ten of Session Two they the
said Marara Rangihoro and Te Mapu do and each of them doth hereby demise and
lease unto Her Majesty Victoria the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland aforesaid
and her successors all that parcel of land situate at Maketu in the Bay of
Plenty containing by admeasurement two roods more or less being portion of a
piece of land called or known by the name of Kopaeara No. 2 and numbered 2159
Bounded towards the North by a line one Boundaries. [0a. 2r. 0p.] hundred and ninety six links on the east by a line two hundred and
eighty five links on the south by a line one hundred and ninety six links and on
the West by a line two hundred and thirty eight links as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan drawn hereon, with all the rights And
appurtenances thereto belonging to hold the Lease for 21 years at £10 per annum. same unto Her Majesty aforesaid and Her successors for the term of
Twenty one years from the first day or October One thousand eight hundred and
seventy one at the yearly rent of Ten pounds payable yearly And the said Marara
Rangihoro and Te Mapu do and each of them doth for their heirs executors and
administrators covenant and agree with Her Majesty aforesaid and her successors
that it shall and may be lawful for Her Majesty aforesaid and her successors at
the expiration of the said term hereby granted to remove all buildings erected
on the said demised premises or to be hereafter erected.
Marara Rangihoro.
Signed by the said Marara Rangihoro having been first read over and
explained to her in the Maori language in the presence of—
Jas. Jno. Piercy, Licensed Interpreter, Maketu.
T. S. Horn,
Constable, Armed Constabulary, Maketu.
Te Mapu.
Signed by the said Te Mapu having been first read over and explained to
him in the Maori language in the presence of—
Jas. Jno. Piercy, Licensed Interpreter, Maketu.
Wm. Oakley,
Gunsmith, Maketu.