Translation.
This Deed written on this Twelfth day of April in the Year
of our Lord 1859 is a full
1859. 12 April.
Coromandel District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of
the Tribe Ngatihau 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 sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto
Victoria the Queen of England Her
Tuhua Nui Island. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns
for ever in consideration of the Sum of Five Pounds (£5. 0. 0.) to us paid by
James Preece Land Purchase Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we
hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land
situated at the mouth of the Waiau River and named Tuhua Nui 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
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subscribed our names and marks.
And in testimony of the consent of the consent of the Queenn 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 the side toward the Poroporo and
proceeding along the sea beach until it comes again to Popoporo.
(Signed)Eruera Te Ngahue.
"Miriama Ko Te Aira.
Witnessés to the payment and signatures—
(Sd.) Hy. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel.
" J. H. Jackson.
Receipt for £5. Received this Twelfth (12) day of April in the Year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty nine (1859) the Sum of Five Pounds sterling
(£5. 0. 0.) being the consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to
be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.
(Sd.)Eruera Te Ngahue.
"Miriama Konehu.
Witnesses—
(Sd.) Hy. Woodward Williams, Tutor, Stapleton, Coromandel.
" J. H. Jackson.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington, Nov
5th 1874.