Translation.
This Deed written on the 12th of January in the year 1845
(contains) the consent of 1845. 12 January.Tarataroa Island.C. H. McIntosh. [400 acres.] us the Chiefs and people of the tribes Ngatipaoa and Ngatitai, the consent
also of Charles Hunter McIntosh on his own behalf. Whereas the chiefs and people
of Ngatipaoa and Ngatitai are the owners of the Islands mentioned in this deed,
they the said chiefs and people do hereby consent to sell these Islands to Charles
Hunter McIntosh as payment for £32 Cash, 10 Blankets, 1 piece Calico, 4 Sheep
(ewes) 1 Sheep (ram) delivered to the chiefs and tribes Therefore we give up to
Charles Hunter McIntosh Clerk of the Survey Office, to him and to his successors
for ever those Islands (called) Tarataroa and Kahakaha with all things above or
below those Islands right down to low water mark on every side of those islands As
Witness our names and marks.
[Signatures.]
[Witnesses.]
We have received the articles mentioned in this Deed as payment for
Tarataroa and Kahakaha the Island which we have sold, viz. £32 Cash 10 Blankets
1 piece Calico 1845. 8 October.Receipt. 4 Ewes and 1 Ram. We therefore subscribe our names and marks on this the
8th day of October 1845.
[Signatures.]
[Witnesses.]
A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed. No. 84P.C.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
12th July, 1880.