This Deedwritten on this 8th eighth day of November in the year of our Lord 1873 is 1873. 8 November. Wellington District.ORONGORONGO. (Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.) a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of Pipitea 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 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 (£100) one hundred pounds to us paid by Charles Heaphy for the Honorable the Native Minister on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Orongorongo near Port Nicholson and named Sections one two three four and five the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which land is annexed thereto with page 120its trees minerals waters 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 Charles Heaphy V.C. of Wellington Commissioner of Native Reserves is hereunto subscribed. Boundaries. [694 acres.]These are the boundaries of the land, on the North by the Orongorongo Native Reserve 2750 two thousand seven hundred and fifty links, on the East by the same Reserve 7000 seven thousand links, 3400 three thousand four hundred links, 3450 three thousand four hundred and fifty links, on the North East by the same Reserve 5900 five thousand nine hundred links, on the South by the same Reserve 2000 two thousand links, on the South West by the sea, on the West by the stream called Orongorongo and by the aforesaid Native Reserve 4150 four thousand one hundred and fifty links, as more particularly shewn on the plan in the margin and colored red, containing in all five hundred and ninety four (594) acres more or less.