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

[Deeds—No. 307.]

Deeds—No. 307.

Ototoro Block, Mercury Bay, Coromandel District.

Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te tekau ma waru o nga ra o Maihi i te tau o to 1859. 18 March. Coromandel District. tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngati Rangi no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te Ototoro. tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni E rima tekau ma rima kua utua mai ki a matou e Te Pirihi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Whitianga ko Ototoro te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Te Pirihi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Puketutu miri tonu ma te taha Boundaries. o te Awawaroa o Ototoro ka whai i te awa a—Pukemanuka ka maro tonu a Maungaroa a—Pukerewarewa ka huri ka haere a Te Kai ote Paraua a miri tonu ki te pihi i hokona e Maehe a—Puketutu.

KoEparaima Kingi.
Tonox his mark.

Ko nga tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

J. W. Preece, Farmer, Coromandel.
Horopeta x his mark.

page 378Receipt for £55. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te tekau ma waru o nga ra o Maihi i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau. e rima tekau maiwa (1859) nga Pauna moni E rima tekau ma rima, (£55) Ko te utu tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Te. Pirihi kai whakarite whenua mo te Kuini.

Ko Eparaima Kingi.
Tonox his mark.

Nga Kai titiro—

J. W. Preece, Farmer, Coromandel.
Horopeta x his mark.

James Preece,
District Land Purchase commissioner.

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.