Kauaeranga No. 28a Block, Hauraki District.
1871 28 September.Hauraki DistrictThis Deed made the twenty eighth day of September in the Year
of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy one between Nikorima
Poutotara and Pineha Marutuahu of the District of Hauraki in Queen's County in
the Province of KauaerangaNo. 28a. Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter
termed the said Natives of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the
other part. Whereas a Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands
Court on the sixth day of July One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one
whereby it is certified that the said Natives are the owners according to Native
Custom of the exclusive right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of
Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All That
portion of the Foreshore or parcel of land between high-water mark and low-water
mark called or known by the name of Kauaeranga Number Twenty eight A hereinafter
more particularly described. And whereas the said Natives have agreed to sell to
Her said Majesty all their Estate and Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel
of land for the price of Eighty eight Pounds Ten shillings. Now this Deed
Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Eighty eight Pounds Ten shillings
paid by Her said Majesty to the said Native (the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged) the said Natives do and each Receipt for £88.10. of them doth hereby Convey and Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said
Majesty Her Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and
using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the
surface of the soil of All that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of
land between high-water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District
of Hauraki in the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of
Kauaeranga Number Twenty eight A containing by admeasurement Fourteen acres —
roods and Twenty five perches be the same more or less. Bounded towards the
North East by high-water line towards the Boundaries. [14a. 0r. 25p.] South East by the Moanataiari Number Two A block, Three thousand Four
hundred and thirty links, towards the South West by low-water line and towards
the North West by the Moanataiari Number One A block, Three thousand Four
hundred and Eighty nine links, as the same is delineated on the plan drawn
hereon with all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging And all
the estate right title interest and demand whatsoever of the said Natives in and
to the said Foreshore or parcel of Land and Premises and every part thereof To
have and to hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and successors for ever In
witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names the day
and year first hereinbefore written.
Nikorima Poutotara.
Pineha Marutuahu.
Signed by the said Nikorima Poutotara in
the presence of—
W. H.
Taipari.
Edwd. Hy. Power, Native Interpreter.
Signed by the said Pineha Marutuahu in
the presence of—
W. H.
Taipari.
Edwd. Hy. Power, Licensed Interpreter.