Translation.
This Deed written on this twentieth day of January in the
year of our Lord 1865 is a 1865. 20 January.Coromandel District. full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People
of the Tribe Ngatiwhanaunga 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 Kowhaka. 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 ten Pounds ten
shillings (£10 10s 0d) 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 Ahauhu and named Kowhaka 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
Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land
commencing at the sea coast Boundaries. [21 acres.] at Mataruawhau bounded thence on the east north and west by Crown Lands
that is by the Hangarua block to Parikorora on the sea coast, thence by the
beach to Mataruawhau to the point of commencement the area of the said piece or
parcel of land being twenty-one (21) acres more or less.
(Signed) Rawiri
te
Ua.
Matenga Ngaupara.
James Preece, D.L.P.C.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
(Signed) James Mackay, Jr.,
Civil Commr., Hauraki.
Tioriori te Hura.
Received this twentieth
day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
Receipt for £10. 10. eight hundred and sixty five (1865) the Sum of ten Pounds ten shillings
sterling (£10 10 0) being the amount of consideration money expressed in the
above written Deed to be paid by James Preece on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen
to us.
(Signed) Rawiri te Ua.
Matenga Ngaupara.
Witnesses—
James Mackay, Jr., C.C.,
Hauraki.
Tioriori te Hura.
A True Copy of Original Deed and
Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
December 11th, 1874.