Translation.
This Deed conveying Land, written on this twenty second 22
day of January in the
1856. 22 January.Wairarapa District. Year 1856, is a Deed of our full consent to sell a certain portion of
our land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may
succeed Her for ever and ever. The boundaries of the land commence at te
Pa-o-Ngatiawa thence to te Pare thence to te Wakarua thence in the course of
the stream to Puiaroa thence to te Whangai-a-te-Kapenga
Maungaraki.(Arama's land.) turning thence it runs Northwards in the course of the stream to the
mouth of the Whangai, thence falling into the Wainuioru it runs in a
Northerly
Boundaries. direction to Hikuwai thence to te Motu-o-te-Harapaki, thence to te
Pirau-o-Hinewai thence to te Koparoa thence to Kaweriri thence to
Nga-awa-purua turning thence it proceeds to te Hanga-o-te-Kawerau thence to
Kaihuka thence to te Pa-o-Ngatiawa where the boundaries meet. When the
Land
Receipt for £100, advance. has been surveyed and perambulated, the payment will be finally
settled. The money we have received on account of the land, on this 22nd day
of January 1856 from
Donald
McLean is One Hundred Pounds £100 . 0 . 0.
(Signed) Manihera te R.
Horomona Matekai x.
Wiremu Tutere.
Witnesses—
(Signed) R. Collins, te Ore Ore.
J. D. Ormond, Epairama.
A True Translation.
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
26 June, 1856.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
January 26th, 1876.