Translation.
This Deed of Sale of Land executed at Waimahanga on this second day of October
in
1857. 2 October.Whangarei District. the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven is the
consent of us the undersigned to the giving up of a portion of our land at
Whangarei to the Queen Victoria of England and to Her Heirs, male or female for
ever in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred pounds of money. Tamaterau is
the name by which this land is
Tamaterau. known, and is the same delineated on the map in the margin of this Deed.
These are the boundaries, commencing at the sea side, thence along a surveyed
line dividing the
Boundaries. said land from Pukekaikutu up to the top of the range, thence along a
surveyed line on the top of the range to the boundary of the Land we sold to
Gorrie—thence along the boundary line of Waimahanga—thence along the boundary
line of the Ohiwa Block till it reaches Waikaraka thence along the boundary line
of waikaraka till it reaches the Harbour of Whangarei—thence along the sea shore
to the point of commencement at Pukekaikutu. Now we hereby acknowledge to have
received the before named sum of
Receipt for £200. Two hundred pounds from the hands of
John Grant Johnson a Commissioner for the purchase of
Land from the Natives, and therefore consent, let go and thoroughly give up the
said Land to the Queen Victoria of England and Her Heirs for ever, and in token
of the same we do hereby sign our names.
Wiremu Pohe.
Wiremu Pepene.
Ihaka Kai tapu.
Hirawani.
Tipene Hari x his mark.
Hinewaru x his mark.
Whare Te Puia x
his mark.
Epiniha Monariki.
Hira Whatiwhati.
Hemi Hinewaru x
his mark.
Manihera Te Hono x his mark.
Witness to signatures and payment—
(Signed) John Grant
Johnson, District Land Commr.
True Translation.
John Grant Johnson.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
February 9th, 1875.