Translation.
1859. 18 July.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this the Eighteenth day of July 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 Naunau whose names are hereunto
subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and
descendants we have by signing this Deed under
Waitataramoa. the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto
Victoria Queen of
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England Her
Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for
ever in consideration of the Sum of Forty Pounds (£40. 0. 0.) to us paid by
James Preece District 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 Waiau and named Waitataramoa 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 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 of
the Land commencing at Otara and proceeding
Boundaries. along the boundary of William Moore's land until you reach Kopumakona
whence it runs along the ridge to Tauwharepukapuka—here it turns and goes
towards the sea at Te Kawe o Tu whence it trends along the beach until it
reaches Otara.
(Sd.) Mohi x Nga Toru.
Erueti
Wetea.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
(Sd.) J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
Weeden Adamson, Tutor,
Coromandel.
Received this Eighteenth day of July in the Year of Our
Lord One thousand eight
Receipt for £40. hundred and fifty nine. (1859) the Sum of Forty Pounds sterling (£40. 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.
(Sd.) Mohi x Nga Toru.
Erueti Wetea.
Witnesses—
(Sd.) J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.
Weeden Adamson, Tutor,
Coromandel.
A true copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington, Nov. 6th, 1874.