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

[Deeds—No. 344.]

Deeds—No. 344.

Harataunga (Kennedy's Bay) Block (Gold Mining Agreement), Coromandel District.

Ko tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia kei [unclear: Harataunga] i te takiwa ki Hauraki i te Porowhini 1868. 13 May.Coromandel District. o Akarana i te Koroni o Niu Tireni i tenei te tekau ma toru o nga ra o Mei i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e ono tekau ma waru no nga Rangatira me nga Harataunga. Tangata o Ngatiporou tetahi taha no Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Ferguson Bowen) Gold Mining Agreement for Kennedy's Bay Block. Kawana o Niu Tireni tetahi taha. He Pukapuka whakaatu mo te whakaaetanga o ratou katoa ara o nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiporou o Harataunga mo ratou me a ratou uri kia tukua atu ki a Ta Hori Pakitini Powene Kawana o Niu Tireni me nga Kawana i muri i a ia tetahi piihi whenua ki te takiwa ki Hauraki he whenua mahinga koura mana me ana i whakarite ai i runga i te tikanga o te ture i huaina "TeTure mo nga whenua mahinga koura 1866" ko nga rohe o taua whenua ka Boundaries. timata i te ngatuawa o Harataunga haere tonu i te tahataha moana ki te Harakeke, ka whati i kona ka ahu whakauta Hapapawera haere tonu Te Tapuae haere tonu Kaipaua haere tonu Tokatea haere tonu te Ranga haere tonu Pukewharariki, ka whati i kona ka ahu whaka te moana Taraingapouto haere tonu ki Piripirikahu ka whati i kona haere tonu i te rohe o te whenua kua oti te whakatapu he page 424whenua nohoanga ngakinga kai ma nga tangata Maori tae noa ki te awa o Waimoho ka whati i kona haere tonu i te awa o Waimoho tae noa ki te putahitanga ki te awa o Harataunga ka whati i kona haere tonu i roto i te awa o Harataunga tae noa ki te ngutuawa i te wahi i timata ai kua rite hoki ki te mapi kua apititia ki tenei pukapuka a Terms of surrender. ko nga tikanga enei kua tuhia i raro nei mo te rironga o taua piihi whenua he whenua mahinga koura ara.
1Ko nga whenua katoa ki roto ki aua rohe kua tuhia ki runga ake nei kua whakapuaretia he whenua mahinga koura mo nga tangata katoa engari nga piihi whenua kua oti te reti ki a Hemi Mata (James Smart) me Arikihanera Hoka (Alexander Hogg) kua oti te whakaahua ki roto ki te mapi kua apititia ki tenei pukapuka kua kape ki waho o nga whenua keringa koura engari e mau ana etahi o nga tikanga o te ture i huaina "Te Ture mo nga whenua mahinga koura 1866" ki runga ki aua piihi kua retia ki aua tangata.
2Ekore e tukua te tangata kia keri kia mahi noa iho i te koura i runga i taua piihi whenua kua tuhia ki runga ake nei engari kia matua riro i a ia te Maina Raiti (Miner's Right) mo taua whenua katahi ka tika tona mahinga koura ko te utu mo te Maina Raiti Miner's Right, £1. (Miner's Right) kotahi pauna (£1) mo te tau kotahi.
3Ma tetahi Apiha o te Kawanatanga e whakaputa nga Maina Raiti (Miners Right) ki nga tangata a ka whiwhi te tangata i te Maina Raiti (Miner's Right) ka whai mana ia ki te keri koura ki te hanga whakamate wai ki te keri i nga awa rerenga wai ki te tapatapahi rakau Maori mo nga mahinga koura mo te wahie, me te mahi i nga mahi katoa me nga mea katoa e rite ana mo te mahinga koura ki runga ki nga wahi kua puare i roto i nga rohe o te whenua kua tuhia ki runga ake nei engari nga rakau kauri kua kape ki waho ekore e tika kia tapahia era, ki te hiahia te tangata Kauri trees to be Bought, £1. 5 each. kia riro I a ia retahi rakau kauri me whakaputa e ia nga moni kotahi pauna e rima hereni (£1-5-0) hei utu mo te rakau kotahi. Ekore hoki e tukua atu tetahi tangata ki te tapatapahi i nga rakau Maori he wahie he taiepa aha ranei e hoko mana ki etahi atu tangata engari ki te hiahia te tangata ki te mahi pera me matua whakarite e ia tetahi Maina Raiti (Miner's Right) me tetahi Raihana Mahinga Rakau Timber License, £5. (Timber License) kia whai mana ia ki te mahi i aua mahi. Ko te utu mo te Raihana Mahinga Rakau (Timber License) e rima pauna (£5) mo te tau kotahi. Ma nga tangata Maori no ratou te whenua i nga rakau nga moni utu mo aua Raihana Mahinga Rakau (Timber License) me te utu mo nga rakau kauri ko aua moni me tuku ki tetahi Apiha o te Kawanatanga i te tuatahi a mana hoki e tuku ki nga tangata Maori no ratou te whenua ko nga ra whakaputanga mo aua moni me penei me nga ra o te tukunga i nga moni mo nga Maina Raiti (Miner's Rights) kua tuhia ki raro nei.
4Ko te whakaritenga tenei ki nga Rangatira me nga tangata o Ngatiporou o Harataunga me o ratou uri mo te rironga o taua piihi whenua katoa i a Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Bowen) Kawana o Niu Tireni me nga Kawana i muri i a ia he whenua mahinga koura ma ratou me a ratou i whakarite ai kua whakaaetia a Ta Hori Pakitini Powene Kawana o Niu Tireni mona me nga Kawana i muri i a ia kia whakaputaina ki aua Rangatira me aua Tangata o Ngatiporou o Harataunga me a ratou uri kotahi pauna (£1) mo ia Maina Raiti kua oti te whakaputa ki ia tangata mahi koura tapatapahi rakau ranei i roto i nga rohe o taua whenua i ia tau i ia tau o te whakapumautanga o tenei pukapuka ko te timatanga a te tau tuatahi kei te tekau ma toru o nga ra o Mei nei (1868) ko nga ra whakaputanga moni kei te 31 o nga ra o Maehe te 30 o nga ra o Hune, te 30 o nga ra o Hepetema, te 31 o nga ra o Tihema i ia tau i ia tau.
5Ki te haere ke te tangata kua whiwhi i te Maina Raiti mo te whenua mahinga koura kei Harataunga kaore ano kia mutu noa te tau i tuhituhia ki roto ki tona Maina Raiti (Miner's Right) me wahi ki nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiporou te taha o te moni o taua Maina Raiti (Miner's Right) e rite ana ki te roa o te nohoanga o taua tangata ki runga ki taua whenua.
6Ki a Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Ferguson Bowen) Kawana o Niu Tireni me nga Kawana i muri i a ia te whakaaro mo nga tau e pumau ai ki a ia ki a ratou ranei te whenua kua tuhia ki runga ake nei mo te mahinga koura engari ki te hiahia a Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Ferguson Bowen) Kawana o Niu Tireni me nga Kawana i muri i a ia kia mutu te mahinga koura i taua whenua i tetahi taha ranei o taua whenua me matua whakaatu taua hiahia ko te takiwa hei whakaaturanga kaua e neke iho i te ono marama.

A he tohu mo te whakaaetanga o nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiporou o Harataunga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka kua tuhia o ratou ingoa i raro nei. A he tohu mo te whakaaetanga o Ta Hori Pakitini Powene (Sir George Bowen) ki tona taha o aua tikanga katoa kua tuhia te ingoa o Tieme Make (James Mackay Junr) Komihana ki raro nei i te ra me te tau kua tuhia ki runga ake i te timatanga ano.

Ropata Ngatai.
Tapiati Kiwi.
Paratene Pahau his x mark.
Hirini Kouta.
Matiu Paeroa.
Haratiera Humare.
Hakopa Ihaka.
James Mackay, Junr.

Witnesses to the signatures of Ropata
Ngatai,. Tapiata Kiwi, Paratene
Pahau, Hirini Kouta, Matiu Paeroa,
Iharatiera Humare, Hakopa Ihaka,
and James Mackay, Junr.—

John Gwynneth, Gold Fields Surveyor, Kennedy's Bay.
W. Charles C. Spencer, Interpreter, Civil Commissioner's Office, Auckland.

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Translation.

This Agreement made at Harataunga in the district of Hauraki in the Province of 1868. 13 May.Coromandel District. Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand this thirteenth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight by the Chiefs and Harataunca Or Kennedy's Bay. People of Ngatiporou on the one part and Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand on the other part. Witnesseth the consent of all of them that is of the Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou of Harataunga on behalf of themselves and their heirs to release Gold Mining Agreement. (give over) to Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand and the Governors who shall succeed him a certain piece of land in the District of Hauraki for gold mining purposes for himself and his assigns within the meaning of the statute intituled "The Gold Fields Act 1866." The boundaries of the said land commencing at the Boundaries. mouth of the River Harataunga thence by the sea coast to Te Harakeke turning thence inland to Hapapawera thence to Te Tapuae thence to Kaipaua thence to Tokatea thence to Te Ranga thence to Pukewharariki turning thence towards the sea to Taraingapouto thence to Piripirikahu turning thence along the boundary of the land reserved for Native occupation and cultivation to the Waimoho stream turning thence by the Waimoho stream to its junction with the Harataunga River, turning thence along the course of the River Harataunga to the point of commencement at its mouth as the same are defined in the sketch map hereunto annexed. The terms and conditions under Terms of surrender. which the said piece of land is given over for gold mining purposes, are viz.—
1All lands included within the boundaries above described are open for gold mining to all persons excepting the pieces of land leased to James Smart and Alexander Hogg but the said pieces of land which are leased to the said persons are subject to certain provisions of the statute intituled "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."
2No person will be allowed to mine for gold on the piece of land above described unless he be the holder of a Miner's Right empowering him in that behalf. The payment for every such Miner's Right shall be One pound (£1) per annum. Miner's Right, £1.
3Miners Rights shall be issued by an officer of the Government Any person being the holder of a Miner's Right shall be entitled to mine for gold construct dams and water-races to cut timber for firewood or for gold mining purposes and do all other acts (or works) connected with (or appertaining to) gold mining operations on places open (not reserved) within the boundaries of the land hereinbefore described, excepting that the right to fell kauri timber is reserved, any person desiring to cut any kauri timber must pay the sum of one pound five shillings (£1 - 5 - 0) for each tree required Kauri trees to be bought, £1. 5 each. by him. No person will be allowed to cut ordinary timber for firewood or fencing or for any other purpose for sale to any other person. Any person desiring to do so must first obtain a Miner's Right and a Timber License empowering him in that behalf, the payment for every such Timber License shall be Five Pounds (£5 - 0 - 0) per annum. Timber License, £5. The money derived from such Timber License and from the sale of such kauri timber shall belong to the Native owners of the land on which the timber is situate. This money shall be paid to an officer of the Government in the first instance and shall be paid (or handed over) by him to the Natives to whom the land belongs. The days for the payment of the said money shall be the same as the days for the payment (or divisions) of the money for the Miners Rights hereinafter specified.
4In consideration of the Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou of Harataunga and their heirs giving over all the said piece of land to Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand and the Governors who shall succeed him for gold mining purposes for themselves and their assigns, Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand on behalf of himself and the Governors who shall succeed him hereby consents to pay to the said Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou of Harataunga and their heirs one pound (£1) for each Miner's Right which shall be issued to any person for gold mining or for cutting timber within the boundaries of the said land during each year of the continuance of this agreement, the first year to commence from the thirteenth day of May instant (1868). The days for the payment of the money shall be the 31st day of March, the 30th day of June, the 30th day of September and the 31st day of December in each year.
5If any person being the holder of a Miner's Right for the Gold Fields at Harataunga shall remove to another place before the expiration of the year specified in his Miner's Right there shall be paid to the said Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou such portion of the money of such Miner's Right as shall be equivalent to the period for which such person shall have remained on the said land.
6The duration of this agreement shall be for such term as Sir George Ferguson Bowen and the Governors who shall succeed him shall require the above described piece of land for gold mining purposes. Provided that if at any time Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand and the Governors who shall succeed him shall desire to terminate gold mining on the said land or on a portion thereof a previous notice of not less than six months shall be given.

In Witness of the consent of the Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou of Harataunga to all the terms and conditions of this agreement they have hereunto signed their names and in Witness of the consent of Sir George Ferguson Bowen on his part to all the said conditions the name of James Mackay Junr is hereunto subscribed on the day and in the year first above cited.

Signed Ropata Ngatai.
Signed Tapiata Kiwi.
Signed Paratene Pahau his x mark.
Signed Hirini Kouta.
Signed Matiu Paeroa.
Signed Haratiera Humare.
Signed Hakopa Ihaka.
James Mackay, Junr.

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Witnesses to the signatures of Ropata
Ngatai, Tapiata Kiwi, Paratene
Pahau, Hmni Kouta, Matiu Paeroa,
Haratiera Humare, Hakopa Ihaka,
and James Mackay, Junr.—

(Signed) John Gynneth, Gold Fields Surveyor, Kennedy's Bay.
W. Charles Spencer, Interpreter, Civil Commissioners Office, Auckland.

1251D.

Registration. Received for Registration at 11.25 a.m., 5 May, 1870.

(l.s.)

M. Hamilton,
Dep. Registrar.

A True Copy of Original Agreement, Translation, and Endorsement.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 30th, 1874.