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

Translation

page 179

Translation.

This Deed written on this twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord one1864. 23 July.Manawatu District. thousand eight hundred and sixty four is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the tribes of Rangitane Ngatikauwhata and Ngatitumokai 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 thisAhuaturanga Or Upper Manawatu Block. 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 Twelve thousand pounds (£12000) to us paid by Isaac Earl Featherston on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) All that piece of our land situated on both sides of the Manawatu river and named Te Ahuaturanga the boundaries whereof are hereafter set forth and a plan of which land of certain Reserves is placed upon this Deed, 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 and 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 Isaac Earl Featherston Land Purchase Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the land,Boundaries. starting from Te Weki and Rotopiko on the Manawatu River and going in a South East direction across the Makurerua swamp to Mangawharawhara and on up the slope to Arawaru on the Tararua range of hills. From this point the boundary follows the range of hills Northerly to the Apiti or Gorge of the Manawatu and thence goes along the Western slopes of the Ruahine range of hills to a gorge on the Pohangina river called Te Anaowiri thence to the river Oroua to a place called Te Matoi and thence follows the downward course of the Oroua river to a place called Te Rua Puha about ten miles by the winding river course above Te Awahuri the highest native settlement where the Rangitikei and Ahuriri path crosses. From Te Rua Puha the line strikes inland in a Southerly direction to Waikuku and on by Te Waiti and Te Puka to the starting point at Te Weki on the river Manawatu. And we do hereby nominate and appoint Hoani Meihana Te Kaueke and Te Hirawanui Chiefs of the Rangitane tribe to apportion and distribute among the sellers the said purchase money.

I. E. Featherston.
Signed by the above named Isaac Earl
Featherston in presence of—
Frank Murphy, Gent., Speaker of the Leg. Assembly, Victoria.
Joseph Dorker, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales.
Ronald C. Gunn, J.P., Depty. Recorder of Titles, Tasmania.

At Manawatu, this eighteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four.

Kua riro mai i a maua aua moni tekau ma rua tautini pauna I raukawa te1864. 19 August.Receipt for £12,000. homaitanga i te tekau ma iwa o nga ra o Akuhata 1864.

Te Hiriwanu x.
Hoani Meihana.

Witness to payment—

W. Buller, R.M.
Alexander Gray.

Receipt.

Received the above named sum of Twelve thousand pounds this Nineteenth dayReceipt for £12,000. of August 1864 at Raukawa near the Gorge of the Manawatu river.

Te Hirawanu X.
Hoani Meihana.

Produced before the N.L. Court at Foxton this 19th day of March 1873 atRegistration. the investigation of Kerei Te Panau's claim in the matter of Hokowhitu.

J. Rogan,
Presiding Judge.

Dated July 23, 1874. Produced before the Native Land Court at Foxton this 18th day of March 1873 at the investigation of the application of Hoani Meihana in the matter of Aorangi.

(L.S.) J. Rogan, Presiding Judge.

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

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, November 29th, 1875.