Translation.
This Deed written on this 12th day of November in the Year
of our Lord 1864 is a
1864. 12 November.Bay of Islands District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People
of the Tribe of Hokianga 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
Okaihau No. II. England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and
Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of Eighteen hundred Pounds
(£1800 . 0 . 0.)
Receipt for £1,800. to us paid by
H. T. Kemp
Dist. Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby
acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated
at the Bay of Islands and named "Okaihau" 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 H. T. Kemp District Commissioner is
hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries
Boundaries. [10,030 acres.] of the Land commencing at the entrance to the Okaihau Bush, from thence
following the Survey line to Papakauri, from thence to the Utakura Stream, from
thence to Ngatokoturua, Okaka, Maungakahia, Maungakaramu, Mangapoke, Tuhete,
Warekai, Te
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Whanautarewarewa,
until it joins the point at which it commenced. But the Plans and the survey
will more particularly describe arid set forth the boundaries and particulars of
the Block therein sold to the Government.
(Signed) Tamati Waka Nene.
Wiremu Hopihana Tahua.
Hori Karaka Tawhiti.
Hemi Te
Toti.
Hori Hare.
Tamati Hapimana.
Paora Matangi.
Tutari
Taonui.
Perene Taonui.
Pita Irihona.
Wiremu Waka Turau.
Na
Tango.
Hohaia Patuone.
Nge.
Ko Anaru te We.
Hoterene x.
H. Tacy Kemp,
District Commissioner.
Witnesses—
John Edmonds, Merchant.
Hopkins Clarke, Clerk and Interpreter to
R.M.
Richard Kemp, Post Master, Keri Keri.
Na Tango.
Tamati Ngere.
Na Hakiaha.
Na Tango i tuhi.
Witness—
Wiremu Kaire, Native Assessor.
28th December, 1865.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
12th August, 1874.