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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

Translation

Translation.

This Deed written on this Twenty-ninth (29th) day of November in the Year of our 1858. 29 November. Coromandel District. Lord 1858 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatitihihi whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the. shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of Waitapu. England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of Fifty Pounds (£50. 0. 0) to us paid by Donald McLean Chief Land Purchase Commissioner on behalf of the Queen victoria (and we hereby, acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Ahuahu and named Te Waitapu the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon. To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we page 376have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed the name of Donald McLean Commissioner is hereunto Boundaries. subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at on the side sold by me to the Government Te Uruake, thence along the sea coast to Te Koru crossing the neck of land at the boundary of the part reserved for Te Moananui thence to Te Waitapu, following the course of the Waitapu to its source, thence to Ngatokarurua, thence in a straight line to the Pohutukawa tree—it then follows the survey line to Te Uruake where the boundaries join.

(Sd.) Te Wairahi.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
James Fulloon, Messgr., Auckland.

Receipt for £50. Received this 29th day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty—(1858) the Sum of Fifty Pounds sterling (£50 . 0 . 0) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by Mr. McLean on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

(Sd.) Te Wairahi.

Witnesses—

(Sd.) J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
" James Fulloon, Messgr., Auckland.

Receipt for £3 for Motu Taupiri. Kua riro mai i a matou e toru pauna £3 hei utu mo Motu Taupiri.

Wiremu Kingi.
Moana Nui.

Translation. We have received the sum of Three Pounds as payment for Motutaupiri.

Wiremu Kingi.
Moana Nui.

A True copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, October 29th, 1874.