Translation.
1859. 10 April.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this the Tenth day of April 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 Ngatikipa 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 Papakarahi. 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 Twenty three pounds ten
shillings (£23 . 10 . 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 Waiau and named Papakarahi 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 Cornmissioner Boundaries. [89 acres.] is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing
at Okura and going along the ridge as far as Tuhuna and thence along the ride
until you descend to the headland within the inner extremity of Papakarahi
whence it proceeds by the sea side to Okura.
(Sd.) Eruera
Te
Ngahue.
Miriama
Hoani Tawiri.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
Hy. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel.
Mary Ann
Preece, Stapleton, Coromandel.
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Received this Twelfth day of
April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine (1859)
the Sum of Twenty three pounds ten shillings sterling (£23. 10. 0) being the
consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be
Receipt for £23. 10. paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
(Sd.) Eruera
Te
Ngahue.
Miriama.
Hoani Tawiri.
Witnesses—
(Sd.) Hy. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton,
Coromandel.
Mary Ann Preece, Stapleton, Coromandel.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, November 5th, 1874.