Translation.
1859. 18 March.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this the eighteenth day of March in the
Year of our Lord 1859 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us
the Chiefs and people of the Tribe Ngati Rangi whose names are hereunto
subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and
descendants we have by signing this Deed under Ototoro. the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto
Victoria Queen of 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 five Pounds
(£55 . 0 . 0) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we
hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land
situated at Whitianga and named Ototoro 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 have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And
in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the
conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece District Land Purchase
Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries Boundaries. of the Land commencing at Puketutu running alongside of the Awawaroa to
Ototoru and following the river as. far as Pukemanuka whence it stretches away
to Maungaroa and Pukerewarewa turning here it proceeds to Te Kai o te Paraua and
along the block sold by Marsh as far as Puketutu.
Ko Eparaima Kingi.
Tono x his
mark.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
(Signed) J. W. Preece, Farmer, Coromandel.
" Horopeta x his mark.
Receipt for £55. Received this eighteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty nine (1859) the Sum of Fifty five Pounds sterling (£55 .
0 . 0) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be
paid by James Preece District Land Purchase Commissioner on behalf of Her
Majesty the Queen to us.
Ko Eparaima Kingi.
Tono x His Mark.
Witnesses—
(Sd.) J. W. Preece, Farmer, Coromandel.
" Horopeta x his mark.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, November 4th, 1874.