1854. 30 March.Auckland District.Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei Pukapuka i te 30 o nga ra o Maehe i te tau 1854 te whakaaetanga o Hona Tana, o Wiremu Haua, o te Watene, o Tamati me nga Rangatira katoa Hunua. o Ngatitai te whakaaetanga ano hoki o te Kuini o Ingarangi mona, na ko matou ko te hunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei nga tangata i te kainga e tuhituhia nei ki tenei Pukapuka, na ka whakaae nei matou nga Rangatira b Ngatitai ki te hoko i tenei whenua kia Kuini Victoria hei utu mo nga moni £900 kua homai nei ki o matou 10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes. ringaringa, a e whakaae ana ano te Kuini o Ingarangi mona kia utua mai ano mo nga Tangata Maori ana hokona tenei Kainga ki te Pakeha, kia tekau Pauna o te Rau Pauna e hoki mai mo matou mo enei mea, hei utu mo nga Kura akonga mo o matou tamariki, hei hanga Ohipera mo o matou turoro, hei utu mo nga Kai rongoa mo matou, hei hanga mira mo matou, hei utu, ara hei moni hoatu ki o matou Rangatira Maori, a mo era atu mea e pa ai nga tangata Maori; no konei ka tuku atu nei ka hoatu nei kia Victoria te Kuini o Ingarangi me nga Kuini me nga Kingi Boundaries me ona uri i muri i a ia tenei whenua me ona aha me ona aha katoa, ko ona rohe enei, to te Hauauru, koia kei te raina o Hurini o te hokonga o te Wairoa, To te Tonga kei te raina o Hurini a Waikohukohu a te Manuka a Maungaroa a Orapa a te Maire, a Tawarekotukutuku a te tawa-a-hine te rere a Tureirei a Matakawa To te Marangai kei Matakawa, a ka heke ki te awa o Tipa-page 293kuri ka haere i te awa a puta noa ki te awa o Mangawheau ka haere i roto i taua awa a puta noa ki te awa o te Wairoa, Pote Hauraro koia kei te awa o te Wairoa a puta noa ki te raina o Hurini koia ko te rohe o te Hauauru.

This Deed entered into on the 30th of March in the year 1854 1854. 30 March. the consenting of Hone Tana and Wiremu Haua and Watene and Tamati and all the Chiefs of the Ngatitai Auckland District. the consenting also of the Queen of England on her part Now we who have signed our names below, the owners of the land described in this Deed Now we the Chiefs of the Hunua. Ngatitai do agree to sell this land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £900 now given to us it is further agreed to by the Queen of England on her part that there shall be paid 10 per cent. on sales to be expended for Native purposes for the following purposes that is to say for the Founding of Schools in which persons of our race may be taught for the Construction of Hospitals in which persons of our race may be tended, for the payment of Medical Attendance for us, for the Construction of Mills for us, for Annuities for our Chiefs or fort other purposes of a like nature, Ten per Cent, or Ten Pounds out of every Hundred Pounds out of all monies from time to time received for this land when it is resold, For this we give up and make over to Victoria the Queen of England and her Heirs and Successors for ever this Land and all thereto belonging.

The Boundaries are these on the West by Hewling's line of the purchase of the Boundaries Wairoa on the South from Hewlin's line at the Waikohukohu to the Manuka and on to Maungaroa and Orapa and the Maire and Taweri Kotukutuku and to the Tawa-hine-te-rere and Tareirei and to Matakawa on the East from Matakawa and descending to the Tipakuri Creek and on in the said Creek until it enters the Mangawheau Creek and on in the said Creek until it enters the Wairoa, On the North by the Creek of the Wairoa and on to Hewling's line being the junction with the West boundary. A sketch of this Land is on the other side of this Deed.