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
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Assigns 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 thousand
Receipt 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.