Ko te tihituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te ra kotahi tekau ma rima o Apirira kotahi 1853. 15 April.Auckland District. mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetahga o Tautari he Rangatira o Nga te Whatua te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko ahau, ko te Papakoura. tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei ahau ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga pauna moni e toru tekau na te Raika ka hoatu nei ki a hau, nokonei ka hoatu nei, ka tuku atu nei ki a Victoria te Kuini o Ingarani, ki te Kingi, Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake, ake, ake, i tenei whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga ko ona rohe koia enei Ki te taha ki te marangai ko Boundaries. te wahi whenua ka oti te oko ki te Rata (Russell) tae atu ki te awa te Rangitopuna, ko taua awa tae atu ki te awa moroiti te Papa-koura, ki te taha ki te tonga ko te Papa-koura, ko te ara i reira, e haere ana ki te rohe o Pukeharakeke, ki te taha ki te hauauru ko te rohe o Pukeharakeke ka oti te tapahi, ka haere atu te rohe ki runga te taukaka tae atu ki te kainga o te Rata, noku tenei whenua, maku te whakaritenga ki nga tangata katoa e tohe ana mo tenei kainga kua tuhituhia te ahua o te oneone ki tua nei. Tirohia

This Deed entered into on the Fifteenth day of April in the year One thousand Eight 1853. 15 April.Auckland District. Hundred and fifty three, the consenting of Tautari a Chief of the Nga Tiwhatua the consenting also of the Queen on her part, now I the owner of the Land described in this Deed do now agree to sell this land to Queen Victoria for the sum of Thirty Pounds Papakoura. now given by Mr. Ligar to me for this I give and let Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs for ever this Land and all thereto belonging the Boundaries being these on Boundaries. the East by the Block of land sold to Mr. Russell and on to the creek Rangitopuni that creek and on to a very small creek called Te Papakoura on the South by the said Papakoura and by the road on to the boundary of Pukeharakeke on the West by the boundary of Pukeharakeke as cut on the ground thence to the large Hill and on to the land of Mr. Russell. This Land being mine I agree to satisfy all men who may make a claim to it in future. A sketch of this land is on the other side.