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

Translation

Translation.

1859. 19 December.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this nineteenth (19th) day of December 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 Maru whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under Waikahika. the shining 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 page 389Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of twenty Pounds (£20) 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 situate at Coromandel and named Waikahika 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 Qneen 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 Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land Boundaries. commencing at Te Waipukapuka and running in a westerly direction to Te Ana then in a south easterly direction to the ridge of Tuhuna following the ridge to the boundary of Waitataramoa and following that boundary in a northerly direction to Waipukapuka.

(Signed)Riwai x Te Kiore.
"Nikorima Te Kiore.
"Pehimana Tawa.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.

Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel.

Received this nineteenth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One thousandReceipt for £20. eight hundred and fifty-nine (1859) the Sum of twenty Pounds sterling (£20) being the consideration money oxpressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

(Signed)Riwai x Te Kiore.
"Nikorima Te Kiore.
"Pehimana Tawa.

Witnesses—

J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel.

Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, November 10th, 1874.