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Deeds—No. 148.
Waikiekie (No. 1) Block, Kaipara District.
Ki te mea ka nui ake taua whenua i te tekau ma rua mano 12,000 eka ka utua mai ano kia matou ana oti te ruri o taua whenua ki nga pauna moni E toru tekau £30 mo ia mano 1000 eka mo ia mano 1000 eka i nui atu ki runga o te tekau ma rua mano 12,000. Ki te mea ka hoki iho te rahi o te whenua i te tekau ma rua mano 12,000 eka ka whakahokia mai e matou ki te Kawanatanga o Nui Tireni E toru tekau pauna £30 mo ia mano 1,000 eka mo ia mano 1,000 eka e hoki iho i te tekau ma rua mano 12,000.
Ko nga kaha enei o te taha ki te Tonga. Ka timata i Ngawaha i te wahapu o Tauraroa o Manganui haere tonu i te wai o Manganui a tuhono noa ki Ruarangi ki te whenua i hokona e Te Manihera ara ko te rohe o Ruarangi kua oti te para e nga kai ruri whenua.
Heoi ra kua oti i a matou te hurihuri te mihi te poroporoaki te tino tuku rawa atu i tenei kainga o a matou tupuna tuku iho ki a matou me ona awa me ona roto me ona wai me ona manga me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona otaota me ona wahi parae me ona ngaherehere me ona wahi ataahua me ona wahi kino me nga mea katoa kei runga ranei o te whenua kei raro ranei o te whenua me nga aha noa iho o taua whenua kua tukua katoatia atu e matou i tenei ra e whiti nei hei whenua pumau tonu iho ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia a ake tonu atu.
A mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu i Akarana i tenei ra i te toru tekau 30 o Oketopa i te tau 1856.
A mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarini mona ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia iho te ingoa o Donald McLean te tino kai whakarite whenua o Nui Tireni.
Donald McLean,
Chief Comr.
Paikea x.
Wire Tipene x.
Arama Karaka.
pairama.
Henare Patara.
Matiu x The mark of
Puriri x. Paki x.
Maka x.
Ohaia Tuihau x.
Hetara ka x.
Manihera.
Karena.
Tatana x.
Eramiha.
Makareta x.
Manukau rewarewa.
Himeona x.
Hone Waiti.
Heremai a x.
Na Karena. Te Wiremu
Reweti.
Na Karena.Kereihi Waikaka.
Na Karena. Paratene taupuhi.
Te Awaiti x Matitikuha x.
Na Karena. To mai rangi x.
Na
Karena. Papahia.
Te Otene Kikokiko x.
paraone rangi.
Wai
tere (Na Karena).
Te wha re u mu mo e Tara.
Nga Kai titiro ki enei homaitanga utu me enei tuhituhinga ingoa—
Fras. D. Fenton, J.P., Auckland.
William White, Merchant, Kaipara.
John Rogan, D. Commr., Auckland.
Translation.
If this Land should be found to contain more than twelve thousand 12,000 acres there shall be paid to us when the survey of the land has been completed the sum of Thirty Pounds £30 for every One thousand 1000 acres in excess of the Twelve thousand 12,000 acres. If however the Land should be found to contain less than twelve thousand 12,000 acres we agree to refund to the Government of New Zealand the sum of Thirty Pounds £30 for every One thousand 1000 acres under the Twelve thousand 12,000 acres.
The boundary of the South commences at Ngawaha at the confluence of Tauraroa
and Manganui thence on in the Manganui creek until it joins the boundary of
Ruarangi page 192
being the Land sold by
Te Manihera that is the Ruarangi boundary as cut by the Surveyors.
We have entirely given up and wept over and bidden farewell to this land inherited from our forefathers with its rivers its lakes its streams its spring its timber its stones and its grass with its plains its forests its fertile spots and its barren places and all and everything above the surface of the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all and everything connected with the said Land we have now for ever delivered up to the Queen of England under the shining sun of this day a lasting possession for Victoria the Queen of England and for the Kings or Queens her successors for ever and ever.
And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we hereunto affix our names and marks at Auckland on this thirtieth 30 day of October in the Year 1856.
And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England of her part to all the conditions of this Deed there is hereby affixed the name of Donald McLean Esquire Principal Commissioner for the Purchase of Land in New Zealand.
(Signed) Donald McLean,
Chief Comr.
Paikea x,
and 28 other signatures.
Witnesses to these payments and to these signatures—
(Signed) Fras. D. Fenton,
J.P., Auckland.
William White, Merchant, Kaipara. John Rogan, D. Commr., Auckland
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, October 23rd, 1874.