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Deeds—No. 188.
Marunui Block, Kaipara District.
This Deed made the eighth day of March one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three 1873. 8 March.Kaipara District. Between Arama Karaka Haututu and Honi Waiti Hikitanga of the District of
Kaipara in the province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal
Natives Marunui. of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part
Witnesseth that in consideration of the Sum of Two hundred and seventy pounds
paid by Her said Receipt for £270. Majesty the Queen to the said Arama Karaka Haututu and Hone Waiti
Hikitanga (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) They the said Arama
Karaka Haututu and Hone Waiti Hikitanga do and each of them doth hereby convey
and assure unto Her said Majesty the Queen and Her Successors All that Block of
land called or known by the name of the Marunui Block situate in the said
District of Kaipara containing by admeasurement Two thousand one hundred and
sixty acres more or less Boundaries. [2,160 acres.] Bounded towards the North-East by Government Land Nineteen thousand six
hundred and eight (19608) links towards the East by land granted to Mr. Henry
towards the North-East by such land towards the South-East by the Mangawai Block
Two thousand five hundred and sixty (2560) links towards the South-West by the
Pukekaroro Block Twenty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-five (27535)
links again towards the South-East by the Pukekaroro Block Three hundred and
eighty-three (383) links Three hundred and fifty-two (352) links Four hundred
and three (403) links Four hundred and eighty (480) links Three hundred and five
(305) links Seven hundred and twenty (720) links Three hundred and forty-two
(342) links Nine hundred and eighty-two (982) links Two hundred and eighty-one
(281) links One hundred and eighty-eight (188) links Two hundred and forty-one
(241) links One hundred and thirteen (113) links One hundred and eighty-three
(183) links Sixty (60) links Seventy (70) links One hundred and ninety-four
(194) links One hundred and thirty-three (133) links and Five hundred and
forty-four (544) links again towards the South-West by lines One hundred and
eighty-eight (188) links Two hundred and fifty-one (251) links Two hundred and
ten (210) links Four hundred and seventy (470) links One hundred and seventy-six
(176) links Two hundred and twenty-three (223) links Four hundred and
eighty-five (485) links Two hundred and ninety-two (292) links Seven hundred
(700) links Three hundred and thirty (330) links Two hundred and twenty-seven
(227) links One hundred and sixty-five (165) links One hundred and twenty-four
(124) links One hundred and thirty-five (135) links One Hundred and sixty-nine
(169) links Three hundred (300) links Two hundred and ninety-one (291) links
Four hundred and thirty-five (435) links Six hundred and sixteen (616) links One
hundred and two (102) links Three hundred and fifty-four (354) links One hundred
and seventy (170) links One hundred and eighty-one (181) links Two hundred and
fourteen (214) links Ninety (90) links One hundred and forty-four (144) links
Three hundred and ten (310) links and One hundred and twenty-three (123) links
arid towards the North-West by a line Ten thousand six hundred and fifty (10650)
links As delineated by the plan drawn With all the rights and appurtenances
thereunto belonging To hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen and her
successors and assigns for ever. In witness whereof the said parties have
hereunto subscribed their names.
Arama Karaka Haututu.
Hone Waiti Hikitanga.
Signed by the said Arama Karaka Haututu having been first read over and translated to him in the Maori language in the presence of—
Thos. McDonnell, Iicensed Interpreter.
W. H. Connell, Solr.,
Signed by the said Hone Waiti Hikitanga having been first read over and translated to him in the Maori language in the presence of—
Thos. McDonnell, Licensed Interpreter.
W. H. Connell.
[Declaration of Thomas McDonnell]
I, Thomas McDonnell, of Auckland, in the Province of
Auckland, in New Zealand, a duly Declaration of Thos. McDonnell. authorized Interpreter under "The Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The
Native Lands Act, 1867," do solemnly and sincerely declare—
| 1. | That I was present, together with William Henry Connell, of Auckland, aforesaid, Solicitor, a male adult, and did see Arama Karaka Haututu and Hone Waiti Hikitanga, named and described in the within-written Deed, duly sign and execute the same on the day of the date thereof. |
| 2. | That the names "Arama Karaka Haututu" and "Hone Waiti Hikitanga" thereto subscribed are of the respective proper handwritings of the said Arama Karaka Haututu and Hone Waiti Hikitanga. |
| 3. | That before the execution of the said Deed by the said Arama Karaka
Haututu and Hone Waiti Hikitanga, I die translate the same to them into the
Maori language, and that my translation thereof was correct, and was perfectly
understood by the said Arama Karaka Haututu and Hone Waiti Hikitanga; and I
make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true,
and by virtue of certain Acts page 248 of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled The Native Lands Act, 1865,
The Native Lands Act, 1867, The Native Lands Act, 1869, and The Justices of
the Peace Act, 1866. |
Thos. McDonnell,
Licensed Interpreter.
Declared at the City of Auckland this eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, Before me—
Jno. P. Pierce, J. P.
[Certificate of trust commissioner]
Certificate of Trust Commissioner. I, Theodore Minet Haultain,
the Trust Commissioner under "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870," for
the District of Auckland, do hereby certify that I have, with respect to the
within-written instrument and the alienation thereby witnessed, made the
inquiries directed by the said Act, and do certify that I am satisfied with the
result of such inquiries.
Dated this 6th day of March, 1873
T. M. Haultain,
Trust Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Deed, Declaration, and Certificate.
Wellington, October 21st, 1874.