Ngamotu Block: Purchase of New Zealand Land Company.
1840. 15 February.Ngamotu Block.Purchase of New Zealand Land Company.Know all men by these presents that We the undersigned Chiefs
of the District of Nga Motu near Mount Egmont in New Zealand have this day sold
and parted with all our Rights, Titles, Claims and Interests in all the Lands
Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks within certain
boundaries as shall be truly described in this Deed or Instrument unto John Dorset
Esquire his executors and administrators in trust for the Governors Directors and
shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London their heirs administrators
and assigns for ever in
Receipt. consideration of having received as a full and just payment for the same
100 red
page 393 Blankets 100 white Blankets
10½ cwt. of Tobacco 40 casks of Powder 1 cask of Ball cartridges 1 case of Soap 1
case of Pipes 80 Tomahawks 58 Fowling Pieces 2 dozen Steel Axes 1 dozen Steel
Adzes 4 dozen Hoes 3 dozen Spades 30 Lead slabs, 1 dozen Check shirts 3 dozen
White shirts 30 Duck Frocks and Trowsers 60 Red woolen Shirts 3 dozen White Shirts
30 Duck Frocks and Trowsers 60 red Woolen Shirts and Caps 6 Camlet Cloaks 6 Camlet
Coats and pairs of Trowsers 20 blue Cloth Jackets and pairs of trowsers 12 dozen
pocket handkerchiefs 1 dozen Umbrellas 40 Iron Pots 2,500 Fishhooks, 1 dozen
Shingling Hammers 500 Gun Flints 6 Bullet Moulds 4 Frying Pans 1 dozen pairs of
shoes, 30 cloth Caps 12 Pea Jackets 200 yards of Calico 200 yards of Check 2 dozen
Shot Belts and Powder Flasks 12 patent Cartouch boxes 20 Powder Horns 5 dozen
Looking glasses, 18 shaving boxes brushes and razors 2 dozen slates and 200
Pencils 2 lbs. of Beads 4 dozen Pocket Knives 6 dozen Scissors 5 dozen Tea Pots 2
dozen Tinder boxes 3 dozen Shifts 2 dozen Regatta Shirts 3 dozen Thrasher hats and
1 lb. of Sealing wax which we the undersigned Chiefs as aforesaid do hereby
acknowledge to have received this day from the said John Dorset. And in order to
prevent any dispute or misunderstanding and to guarantee more fully unto the said
Governors, Directors and shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London
their heirs administrators and assigns for ever true and undisputed possession of
the said Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks We
the said Chiefs for ourselves our families tribes and successors for ever do
hereby agree and bind ourselves to the description following which constitutes the
boundaries of the aforesaid Lands Islands, Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers
Streams and Creeks now sold by Us the undersigned Chiefs to the said John Dorset
this 15th day of February in the year of our Lord 1840, that is to say From the
mouth of the Wakatino
Boundaries. River along the sea shore by Te Kauwao Omau Tongaporoto Te Oro Paraninui
Puka Arawa, Tarairoa Otumatua Wakariwa Orapopa the Mimi River Arapawa the Udenui
river Te Pianga Onairo Waiiau Te Tanawa Turangi the Waitera River Waiorua
Waiongaua Te Rewatapu Te Pukatapu Waitapu Otaki Mataipu Arakari the Ongi-ongi
lagoon Te Tutu the islands of Kimi Kotahi Moturoa and Motumahanga commonly called
the Sugar Loaf Islands Te Kutu Paparoa Paratutu commonly called Sugar loaf Point
Wahine Taranaki Mataora Motuotomatea Arakawi Ahanui Porapora Waiorotoki Waireka
Omata Te Wairedi Opo Otete Tapuwairuru Kokiorangi Omuna Makura Wakau Wairau
Waimoku Otupoto Te Wairedi Oau Oraukiwa to Auronga the said sea shore at low water
mark forms the North Western boundary of the said Lands Islands Tenements Woods
Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks From the said Auronga on the sea shore a
line striking inward by Patua Teringa Pawaka Te Kiri Powakai and from the said
Powakai to the summit of Taranaki commonly called Mount Egmont forms the Southern
boundary of the said Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams
and Creeks. From the said summit of Taranaki a line striking by Taunatutawa
Purakahua Wakahurangi Ratapiko Pukarimu Mangatuku Wakaikatoa Makahu Wangaihu
Matangiha Te Kopua Te Waititauga Wangamomona Makuri Te Po to the river Wanganui
and from the said river by Te Tangitangi Mangohewa Paringa Pukekura across to
Onairo river by Te Tuahu Kaipikara Wakamahuki Tupari Pukewakamaru across the
Udenui river by Puketarata across the Mimi river by Rangiurapaki Waitaoura Te
Pokuru across the Papatiki river by Turangarua Komanu, Pukakao Te Awera across the
Wakaramu and Waipikao rivers by Paraninui Timanuka and Wanga to Kowai on the said
Wakatino river and down the said river to its mouth forms the Eastern and Northern
boundary of the said Lands, Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams
and Creeks, And we the aforesaid chiefs do hereby acknowledge for ourselves our
families tribes and successors for ever to have this day received a full and
sufficient payment for the aforesaid Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours
Rivers Streams and Creeks, And he the aforesaid John Dorset is to have and to hold
all the Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks
within the boundaries as hereinbefore described in trust for the said Governors
Directors and Shareholders of the New Zd. Land Company of London their heirs,
administrators and assigns free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted
discharged and exonerated of from and against all other and former Gifts Claims
Grants Bargains Sales and Incumbrances whatsoever from henceforth and for ever.
And the said John Dorset on the behalf of the said Governors Directors and
Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London their heirs administrators
and assigns for ever does hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said
Chiefs as undersigned in manner following that is to say That a portion equal to
one tenth of the land ceded by them will be reserved by the said Governors
Directors and shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London their heirs
administrators and assigns and held in trust by them for the future benefit of the
said chiefs their families tribes and successors forever.
In Witness whereof the said Chiefs of the first part and the said John Dorset of
the second part have hereunto put their hands and seals this 15th day of February
in the year of our Lord 1840.
Awatea his x mark.
Aurua his x mark.
Edward or Puki his x
mark.
E Kaki his x mark.
E Ku his x mark.
Kororo his x mark.
page 394 E Muru his mark.
E Po his x
mark.
E Po his x mark.
Pukatapu his x mark.
Tangutu his x
mark.
Wakairi his x mark.
E Pahi his x mark.
Te Ngira his x
mark.
Koroatua his x mark.
Te Mia his x mark.
Korongo his x
mark.
Te Remu his x mark.
Rangituki his x mark.
Rangikaowiwi or
Taitua his x mark.
Tukereu or Rahaharua his x mark.
Te Pukao his x
mark.
Te Mautaor Bartholomew his x mark.
Pairua his x mark.
Ongairi his x mark.
Ngaurueru hatemane his x mark.
Wakapu his x
mark.
Rangipuahehe his x mark.
E Tuti his x mark.
E Eru his x
mark.
Rangiira his x mark.
Torenui his x mark.
Ewaho his x
mark.
Te Unoko his x mark.
Kaupono his x mark.
Te Eria his x
mark.
hearoeu.
Utetua.
Uruhoere.
Prant.
Te Waiko his x
mark.
Mary Iridi her x mark.
Miriama Raucanway her x mark.
Parekauri her x mark.
Warara her x mark.
Waiape Her x mark.
Rokia
her x mark.
Te Rangi Wakawanui her x mark.
Caroline Buki her x
mark.
Catherine Ngatokorua her x mark.
Mary Iringa her x mark.
Ehura her x mark.
Erana her x mark.
Charlotte Pikia her x mark.
Ekao her x mark.
Komaru her x mark.
Ngawai her mark.
Patupai her
x mark.
E tori her x mark.
E wane her x mark.
E pua her x
mark.
E pare her x mark.
Paiti his x mark.
Parekuwao her x
mark.
Atarawao or E kora her x mark.
Ekora her x mark.
Serviti
poharama his x mark.
Ko wera his x mark.
Matthew his x mark.
Opa
his x mark.
Ihaia.
Pohonao her x mark.
E Wangamata her x
mark.
E Ngongo her x mark.
Ko hake her x mark.
E re her x
mark.
Taowaki her x mark.
E Ao her x mark.
Poewa her x mark.
John Dorset,
Acting Agent New Zeald. Land Company.
Witnesses—
Richard Barrett. George Doddrey. Ernest Dieffenbach M.D.
Examined with the Original this 4th day of June 1845, and is a true copy
thereof by us.
Willm. Spain, Commissioner of Land Claims.
Robt.
Thos. C. Yates,
Commr's Secy.
No. 374d.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
5th November, 1879.