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

Translation

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.

page 381 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 beReceipt 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.