Translation.
Opotiki,
19 December, 1873
This1873 19 DecemberPoverty Bay District. is an agreement between the people Te Motu. whose names are hereto attached for themselves their relatives and hapus
of the one part and John Wilson Land Purchase Commissioner Agreement to lease. acting on behalf of the Government of the other part. The said Maori
people whose names are hereto attached do hereby consent to lease unto the said
John Wilson acting on behalf of the Government, All that land belonging to them
and situate at Te Boundaries. [68,482 acres.] Motu for a term of Fifty years. The boundaries of the said land commence
at Kaitaura from whence it enters the Motu stream and follows the said stream to
its mouth. Whakapaupakihi thence to its source thence it proceeds to Moutohora
whence it breaks off and reaches Ngapukiriki from thence it proceeds to
Pokaikiri, Te Pato and Moanui whence it enters the Korona stream and follows the
said stream to its source whence it breaks off and proceeds along the
confiscated boundary of the Government from Ukua to the Rangiriri stream thence
it follows the said stream to Kaitaura. The said Maori Kaitaura Reserve. [500 acres.] people do hereby stipulate that Five hundred acres of land at Kaitaura
be surveyed and set apart for their cwn use. The yearly rental of the said lease
each and every year within Yearly rental. the said term shall be paid as follows. The yearly rental to be One
hundred pounds £100 for each and every year for the first five years. One
hundred and twenty five pounds £125 for each and every year for the next five
years. One hundred and fifty pounds £150 for each and every year for the next
five years. One hundred and seventy five pounds £175 for each and every year for
the next five years. Two hundred pounds £200 for each and every year for the
next five years. Two hundred and twenty five pounds £225 for each and every year
for the next five years after which the yearly rental shall be Two hundred and
fifty pounds £250 for the following twenty years till such date as the said
lease shall expire. The said Maori people whose names are hereto attached for
themselves their relatives and hapus shall on their part defray the expense of
surveying the said land out of the money that shall be due to them as rent and
in pursuance of which the Government shall deduct from the yearly rental paid to
the said Maori people each and every year the sum of Fifty pounds £50 until such
monies as paid by the Government to the surveyor shall be defrayed and that such
deduction shall commence from the eleventh year of the said lease. The said
Maori people for themselves their relatives and hapus shall also refund the sum
of Three hundred pounds Receipt for £300 advance. £300 advanced to them to this day by the said John Wilson according to
the terms of the said lease, such refund to commence on the charges for survey
being paid in pursuance of which the Government shall deduct the sum of Fifty
pounds £50 from the yearly rental for the term of six years till the said Three
hundred pounds £300 shall be repaid. In the event of gold or silver being
discovered on that land and being desirous of mining thereon they shall be
permitted to do so according to miners' rights and fees for such rights shall be
paid to the said Maori owners whose names are hereto attached. The fees to be
charged for Miners' Rights to be one pound £1 per annum for every person engaged
in mining. Should oil be discovered on that land all questions referring thereto
shall be held in abeyance till such time as it may be found. And the said Maori
people whose names are hereto attached for themselves their relatives and hapus
do hereby agree to absolutely refrain from selling the said land to another
person or persons within the aforementioned term of the said lease.
Wiremu Kingi Tutahuarangi.
Panapa Waihope.
Pera Tutoko.
Te Otene te Waka.
Manihera maiki x his mark.
Aporo Matahuata
x his mark.
Atareta Ruru.
Rihimona Te Tau.
Arapera Pere.
J. A. Wilson,
Govt. Agent.
Rangikohera.
Witness—
(Sd.) Jas. Busst.
A True Copy of Original Agreement to lease and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
August 16th, 1875.