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

[Deeds—No. 309.]

page 380

Deeds—No. 309.

Papakarahi Block, Coromandel District.

1859. 10 April.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te kotahi tekau o nga ra o Aperaira i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1859 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na Papakarahi. nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatikipa 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 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 Kuini o Ingarani 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 rua tekau ma toru tekau hereni 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 Waiau ko Papakarahi 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 Boundaries. [89 acres] Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i Okura ka haere na te tau a Tuhuna a haere tonu na te tau heke iho ki te tumu ki te pito whakaroto o Papakarahi haere na te akau a Okura.

ErueraTeNgahue.
Miriama.
Hoani Tawiri.

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

Hy. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel.
Mary Ann Preece, Stapleton, Coromandel.

Receipt for £23. 10. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te tekau ma rua o nga ra o Aperira i te tau o to Tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma (1859) nga Pauna moni E rua tekau ma toru tekau hereni (£23. 10) 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 mo te Kuini.

ErueraTeNgahue.
Miriama.
Hoani Tawiri.

Nga Kai-titiro—

Hy. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel.
Mary Ann Preece, Stapleton, Coromandel.

James Preece,
District Land Purchase Commissioner.

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.