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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

Translation

Translation.

1860. 6 January.Kaipara District.This Deed written on this sixth (6th) day of January in the Year of Our Lord 1860 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatiwhatua whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of Kaukapakapa. ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining (Otene's Reserve.) sun of this day Parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of Twenty seven Pounds (£27 . 0 . 0) to us paid by John Rogan on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Kaukapakapa being the portion reserved for Te Otene 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 John Rogan Commissioner Boundaries. is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Whakatiwai it follows Blake's survey line according to compass 299°. 0′—7365 links to Waikiekie, it then turns and follows the course of the Kaipara in a South Easterly direction until it reaches the Kaukapakapa, it then follows the Kaukapakapa to Whakatiwai where the boundary closes.

(Sgd.) John Rogan,
District Commissioner.

(Sgd.) Te Otene Kikokiko x his mark.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

Henry Monro,
Clerk and Interpreter, Native Secretary's Dept.
John White, Interpreter, Land Purchase Dept.

Receipt for £27. Received this sixth (6th) day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty (1860) the Sum of Twenty seven Pounds sterling (£27 . 0 . 0) being the full consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by John Rogan, District Commissioner on behalf of Her Majesty, the Queen to us.

Te Otene Kikokiko his mark x.

Witnesses—

Henry Monro,
Clerk and Interpreter, Native Secretary's Department.
John White, Interpreter, Land Purchase Dept.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, October 20th, 1874.