Rangiowhia, etc., Block, Onehunga, Manukau District.
This Deed made the 21st day of January in the year 1845
Between Te Kawau Te Tawa,
1845. 21 January.Manukau District.Rangiowhia. J. C. Hill. Te Keene and Hira Te Weho of Horeke near Auckland in the Colony of New
Zealand Aboriginal Native Chiefs of the Tribe of Ngatiwhatua of the one part and
James Carlton
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page 506Hill of Auckland aforesaid of the other part Whereas the
said Aboriginal Native Chiefs are well and sufficiently entitled to and possessed
of the piece or parcel of Land and hereditaments hereinafter described according
to the Laws and Customs of the Aboriginal Natives of New Zealand, And Whereas the
said James Carlton Hill hath contracted and agreed with the said Aboriginal Native
Chiefs for the purchase from them of the piece or parcel of Land and hereditaments
hereinafter described for and in consideration of a Cutter
Receipt.boat or vessel with one mast valued at £20 sterling Now this Deed
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of Five Pounds sterling paid
by the said James Carlton Hill to the said Aboriginal Native Chiefs and also in
consideration of a Cutter boat or vessel with one mast valued as aforesaid at
Twenty Pounds sterling the receipt whereof the said Aboriginal Native Chiefs do
hereby jointly and severally acknowledge They the said Te Kawau Te Tawa, Te Keene
and Hira te Weho Do and each of them Doth according to their and his respective
estate and interest therein convey release and assure unto the said James Carlton
Hill his Heirs and Assigns for ever All that piece or parcel of Land described as
follows in Certificate No. 114. dated 3rd of January 1845 [
Note.—See also Certificate No. 175 dated 26th February 1845 Granted for
extension of Waiving the right of Pre-emption of 100 acres additional, the
quantity appearing by survey 392 acres], that is to say Adjoining the Manukau
water Bounded on the South
Boundaries. [392 acres.]West by the Manukau Water, North West by Native Land and land in the
possession of Charles Ring North East by a swamp or marsh land said to be
purchased by Patrick Donovan and South East by land of the Native Chief E Kati The
names of said land are Rangiowia, Puke Karore, Opukoto, Taheri, Ohaitow, Pourewa,
and Onepoto, containing by estimation Three hundred acres be the same more or less
and all the appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging And the said Te Kawau Te
Tawa, Te Keene, and Hira te Weho do and each of them doth jointly and severally
covenant for themselves and their heirs to and with the said James Carlton Hill
his heirs and assigns that they the said Te Kawau te Tawa, Te Keene, and Hira te
Weho and all and every of their heirs shall and will warrant and for ever defend
all and singular the said premises with the appurtenances unto the said James
Carlton Hill and his heirs against them the said Native Chiefs and all other
Aboriginal Natives of New Zealand claiming any estate or interest in the same. In
Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names the day and
year first above written.
Te his x mark Kawau.
Ko Te Hira Whau.
Te Keene.
James Carlton Hill.
Signed by the above named parties in our presence being first duly read
and explained—
C. O. Davis, Auckland, Interpreter.
James Kennedy Solr. Auckd.
The above is a true copy.
Jas. Kennedy Solr. Sup. Court.
Nos. 114 and 175.P.C.A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
11th September, 1880.