Translation.
1851. 15 November.Mata Karaka.This Deed written on the 15th day of November 1851 is an
Agreement between us Chiefs of Ngatewhatua and the Queen of England Whereby we
the owners of the piece of land described in this Deed consent to sell the same
to Queen Victoria in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds sterling now
given to us, wherefore we give and deliver over to Victoria Queen of England and
to her Successors for ever the said piece Boundaries. of land and all that belongs to it bounded as follows: On the North by
land belonging to the Crown sold by Hira and Kawau on the East by the stream
called Mata Karaka which same is the boundary of the lands of Robinson and Hart,
on the South there is the Manukau, and on the West by Crown land that which was
sold to Porter, and by the land of Miss Porter, the plan is drawn on the other
side.
Witness our names—
Te Hira.
Te Keene.
In the presence of—
George F. Swainson, Survey
Office.
James Baber, Clk., Survey Office.
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We have received the twenty
pounds sterling before mentioned in this Deed therefore we sign our names this
15th day of November in the year of Our Lord 1851.
Receipt for £20.
[Same signatures as before.]
True translation.
James Baber.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
September 22nd, 1874.