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

[Deeds—No. 337.]

Deeds—No. 337.

Kowhaka Block, Mercury Island, Coromandel District.

1865. 20 January.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te rua tekau o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1865 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiwhanaunga no ratou nga ingoa e mau i raro nei a Kowhaka. hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga moni Kotahi Tekau Pauna. me te tekau herini kua utua mai ki a matou e Hemi Pirihi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Ahauhu ko Kowhaka te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Hemi Pirihi Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga Boundaries. [21 acres.] rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i te taha o te moana i Mataruawhau haere tonu whaka te hauraro haere tonu whaka te hauauru haere tonu whaka te tonga ki runga ki nga rohe o te whenua o te Kuini—ara o Hangarua tae noa Parikorora i te taha o te moana haere tonu i te akau, ki Mataruawhau ki te wahi i timata ai ko te nui o taua whenua E rua Tekau Ma tahi eka.

Rawirite ua.
Matenga ngaupaea.
James Preece, Acting D.L.P.C.

Ko te tangata i kite i te hoatutanga o nga moni me te tuhinga o nga ingoa—

James Mackay, Jr., Civil Commr., Hauraki.
Tioriori te Hura.

Receipt for £10. 10. Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te rua tekau o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau o to tatou Ariki Kotahi mano e waru rau ono tekau ma rima (1865) nga Pauna moni Kotahi page 415Tekau me tekau herini (£10 10s 0d) Ko to utu whakarite tenei kua whakahuatia ki te Pukapuka tuku e mau i runga ake nei kia utua mai ki a matou e Hemi Pirihi mo te Kuini.

Rawiri te Ua.
Mate nga ngaupara.

Nga Kai Titiro—

James Mackay, Jr., C.C., Hauraki.
Tioriori te Hura.

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 thousandReceipt 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.