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Deeds—No. 229.
Island of Ponui, Auckland District.
1853 16 JuneAuckland District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei pnkapuka i te ra (16) tekau ma ono
o Huni kotahi mano Ponui Island. waru rau e rima tekau ma toru te whakaaetanga o Te Karamu raua ko Te
Kupenga te whakaaetanga ano hoko o te Kuini o Ingarani mona, na ko Te Karamu
raua ko Te Kupenga, nga rangatira i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka,
na ka whakaae nei raua ki te hoko i tenei whenua ki a Kuini Victoria hei utu mo
nga pauna, ko tahi rau ka hoatu nei ki a maua, 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 taua whenua me nga aha noa iho, aha noa iho o tenei kainga koia
ia, ko nga katoa o te Motu o Ponui, kahore ano i riro i mua kia Te Pakeha, a e
whakaae ana matou ko te whakaotinga tenei mo Po Nui, ki te mea ka heke te
tangata ki muri nei ki tenei motu, kia maua te whakaaro kua tuhituhia te ahua o
te oneone ki tua nei. Tirohia.
Na te Karamu.
Kupenga.
I te aroaro o—
John Grant Johnson, Interpreter
Andrew Sinclair, Junior
Receipt for £100 Kua riro mai i a maua nga tangata o Ponui nga pauna kotahi rau kua tuhituhia nei ki roto ki tenei Pukapuku; Koia maua ka tuhituhia nei i o maua ingoa i tenei ra te 16 o te marama o Huni i te tau o to Tatou Ariki, kotahi mano waru rau ma rima tekau ma toru.
Kara mu.
Kupe nga.
I te aroaro o—
John Grant Johnson, Interpreter
Andrew Sinclair, Junior
Translation.
1853 16 JuneThe Writing of this is on the sixteenth day of June one
thousand eight hundred and Auckland District fifty three the agreement of Karamu and the Kupenga also the agreement
of the Queen of England for herself, Now we Karamu and the Kupenga the owners of
the land Ponui Island. agreed to in this paper we agree to sell this land to Queen Victoria in
payment for the sum of one hundred pounds money now given to us, for this we
give and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings and Queens
after her for ever and ever this land and all that it may contain this being the
whole of the island of Ponui not before sold to Europeans we agree that this
shall be the last and final settlement for page 287.gif)
Ponui, if any man or men dispute or claim the whole
or part of Ponui we undertake to settle with him or them.
Ponui, if any man or men dispute or claim the whole
or part of Ponui we undertake to settle with him or them.The sketch of Ponui is on the other side of this Deed.
Witness our names—
(Sd.) Karamu.
Kupenga.
Witness to signature—
(Sd.) John Grant Johnson, Interpreter
We the owner of Ponui have received the sum of One hundred pounds as agreedReceipt for £100 to in this paper hence we sign our names in this the sixteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.(Sd.) Karamu.
Kupenga.
Witness to signature—
(Sd.) John Grant Johnson, Interpreter
A true translation
(Sd.) John White, Interpreter.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, September 10th, 1874.