1872. 28 December.Hauraki District. This Deed made the Twenty-eighth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two Between Hori Ngakapa Whanaunga Tukaramaene Reihana Poto Hone Whancamata No. 1.Timber lease to Seccombe and Son. Mahia Hera Tiki Miriama Pehi Pukukauri Weka Toheriri Karu Kino Te Taniwha Hone Ropiha and Kahukore Te Taniwha all of Coromandel in the Province of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives (hereinafter called the said Grantors) of the one part and Richard Seccombe and John Carroll Seccombe both of Kyber Pass near Auckland in the Province and Colony aforesaid Brewers (hereinafter called the said Grantees) of the other part. Whereas the said Grantors being the owners of the land hereinafter described have sold to the said Grantees the whole of the Forest Timber and other Trees growing standing being or cut upon and about the said land for the sum of seventy-five pounds and to enable the said Grantees to obtain and use the same They the said Grantors have agreed to execute the grant and demise hereinafter contained. Now this deed witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of seventy five Pounds paid by the said Grantees to the said Grantors (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) They the said Grantors do and each Receipt for £75. and every of them doth hereby give and grant unto the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns All and singular the Kauri and other Timber Trees Forest and Bush standing growing being or cut in upon and about All that piece or parcel of land in New Zealand aforesaid containing by admeasurement Two thousand six hundred and sixty two acres more or less being part of a Block of land called or known as Whangamata number One block situate at Whangamata in the District of Hauraki in the said Province and Colony and is Bounded toward the Boundaries. [2,662 acres.] North East by a line ten thousand one hundred links towards the South East by a line twenty-six thousand four hundred links to Maungaroa towards the South West by lines three hundred and forty five links and eight thousand seven hundred links and towards the North West by lines two thousand one hundred and seventy two links two thousand four hundred and thirty four links four hundred and fifty two links three hundred and seventy two links one thousand one hundred and eighty links twenty one thousand five hundred links to the point of commencement. As the same is delineated on the plan drawn hereon edged red together with all the rights easements and appurtenances thereto belonging and also together with the sole and exclusive right license liberty authority and power to the said grantees their executors administrators and assigns and their agents and servants to cut down remove and carry away all such Kauri Timber and other trees forest and bush And to make all paths roads and tramways that they may require and to dig and make saw pits erect saw mills and other page 508Buildings and to make water courses and dams and to have and use exclusively all creeks rivers waters and water courses or streams on and running through the said land and to erect Booms and dams thereon and therein and to do all such other acts matters and things in upon and about the said land as may be desirable or necessary for the obtaining using and removal of the said Timber forest bush and other trees or any of them or any part or parts thereof To hold the said premises unto the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns and this deed further Witnesseth that for the consideration aforesaid and of the rent hereinafter reserved and only to give full effect to the sale license and grant hereinafter contained. They the said Grantors Do and each and every of them doth hereby demise and lease unto the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns All that piece or parcel of land hereinafter mentioned and described and delineated on the plan drawn hereon edged red Together with all the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging To hold same unto the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns for and during and until the full end Lease for 21 years. and terms of twenty one years from the day of the date hereof fully to be completed and ended Yielding and paying therefor yearly during the said term the Rent or sum of five shillings if and when demanded And the said Grantors do and each and every of them doth hereby for himself herself and themselves his her and their executors administrators and assigns covenant to and with the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns that notwithstanding any act or thing by them or any or either of them the said Grantors done or knowingly suffered to the contrary They the said Grantors now have good right and title to grant and demise the premises hereby granted and demised or expressed so to be in manner aforesaid and that free from all encumbrances and also that all and singular the premises hereby granted and demised or expressed or intended so to be shall at all times during the said term of twenty one years peaceably and quietly enjoyed by the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns without any let suit hinderance trouble eviction or disturbance whatsoever of from or by the said Grantors or any or either of them their or either of their successors executors administrators or assigns or any person or persons lawfully or equitably claiming from or under him her or them and also that the said Grantors and each and every of them their and each and every of their heirs successors executors administrators and assigns and all other persons lawfully or equitably claiming as aforesaid shall and will at all times during the said term of twenty-one years upon the request and at the cost of the said Grantees their heirs executors administrators or assigns do and execute or cause to be done and executed all such acts deeds matters and things and assurances for the further or more effectually assuring the premises hereby granted or expressed or intended so to be unto the said Grantees their executors administrators and assigns in manner aforesaid as shall or may be reasonably required And it is hereby declared and agreed that all the covenants by the Lessee implied in every lease under and by virtue of the twentieth clause or section of the Conveyancing Ordinance of New Zealand Number ten of section number two and the powers in the lessors by virtue of the Twenty first clause or section of the said Conveyancing Ordinance shall not be implied in this Deed but the same covenants and powers and every of them shall be and the same are hereby expressly negatived. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals the day and year first herein written.