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

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[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

Translation.

This Deed written on this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord 1864 is a full1864. 11 April.Wairarapa District. and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the chiefs and people of the tribe Ngatiteumu 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 HerWhangaehu. Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of Twenty five pounds (£25) 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 at Wairarapa and named Whangaehu the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which land is page 376annexed thereto with its trees rivers waters minerals 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 to the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of——Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. TheseReceipt for £40. are the boundaries of the land Bounded towards the North by Native land and by disputed land from the Whangaehu river to Taungatara and Pukawa towards the East by Native Land from Pukawa to Purupuru Towards the South partly by Crown and partly by Native Lands from Purupuru to Whangaehu river and towards the West by the Wangaehu river.

I. E. Featherston,
Land Purchase Commissioner.

Witness to signature of I. E. Featherston

John Knowles.

Wiremu Tinitara Te Kaewa.
Karaitiana Korou.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

James Hamlin, Interpreter.

Receipt for £25. Received this eleventh day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty four (1864) the sum of Twenty five pounds sterling (£25) being the consideration money expressed in the above written Deed to be paid by Isaac Earl Featherston on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Wiremu Tinitara Te Kaewa.
Karaitiana Korou.

Witness—

James Hamlin, Interpreter.