Onehunga (Land at), Manukau District.
1844. 7 May.Manukau District.Onehunga (Land at).This Deed made the Seventh day of May in the Year 1844
Between William Hobson and Te Mania Native Chiefs of the Tribe Nga ti Watua
resident at Oraki near Auckland in the Territory of New Zealand of the one part
and James
James Magee. Magee of Auckd. aforesaid Blacksmith of the other part Whereas the said
Native Chiefs are rightfully seized of the fee simple and inheritance of and in
the piece or parcel of Land hereinafter described according to the Native customs
of New Zealand And whereas the aforesaid Native Chiefs have contracted with the
said James Magee for the absolute sale to him of the said piece or parcel of Land
hereinafter described for the price or sum of Twenty Pounds sterling who hath
requested a Conveyance thereof in manner hereinafter contained Now this Deed
witnesseth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Twenty Pounds sterling
paid to the said Native Chiefs by the said James Magee the receipt
Receipt for £20. whereof they do hereby jointly and severally acknowledge They the said
Native Chiefs William Hobson and Te Mania do and each of them doth hereby convey
and assure unto the said James Magee his heirs and assigns for ever All that piece
or parcel of Land situate at Onaunga by the Manakau Waters containing by
admeasurement
Boundaries. [50a. 3r. 21p.]Fifty acres three roods and twenty-one perches or thereabouts Bounded on
the North by the lands of the said Native Chief William Hobson 1,371 links On the
East by the lands of Mr. George Cooper 3,490 links On the South by the lands of
Samuel Allen Wood 647 links and 443 links On the South West by the Manakau Waters
1,153 links On the West by the lands of Mr. Forbes 1,100 links and 260 links Also
on the West by an intended Road 1,624 be the same several admeasurements a little
more or less and as the same are more particularly delineated in the Plan of the
said piece of land drawn in the margin hereof Together with all the rights members
and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining And the said
James Magee doth hereby declare that no Widow whom he may leave shall be entitled
to dower out of the said piece or parcel of land hereby conveyed or any part
thereof And they the said Native Chiefs William Hobson and Te Mania do and each of
them doth hereby covenant and declare to and with the said James Magee his heirs
and assigns That they the said Native Chiefs have and each of them hath good right
and full power and lawful and absolute authority to convey and assure the said
piece or parcel of land hereinbefore
page 501mentioned and described unto the said James Magee his Heirs and Assigns for
ever. In Witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto subscribed their
names.
Wiremu Hopihona.Te Menea. ko Maki tana x tohu.
Signed by the above named parties in the presence of Edwd. Meurant of
Auckland, Interpreter, and Patk. Dignan of Auckland, Gentleman, having been
first read over and explained to the said Native Chiefs by Edwd. Meurant—
Robert Mackay, Carpenter,
Auckland.
Patk. Dignan, Gent., Auckland.
Thomas Wright, Carpenter, Auckland.
A True Copy of Original Deed.No. 201.P.C.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
21st May, 1880.