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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

Translation

Translation.

1866. 3 November.Bay of Plenty District.This Deed written on this third day of November in the Year of our Lord 1866 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngaiterangi and its hapus whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Te Puna and Katikati No. 3. Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and their Assigns for ever in consideration of the sum of seven thousand seven hundred Pounds (£7700 . 0 . 0) to us paid by James Mackay Junr. on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and £7,700. we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Tauranga and named Te Puna and Katikati the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon; page 640To hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of James Mackay Boundaries. Junr. Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing at Ngakuri a whare thence to Waingaere thence to Oteotahi thence to Te whareotumapere thence to te Onepu thence to Waimata thence to Ngapuketurua thence to Wharehakahaka o Rangihau thence to Onewhero thence to Huruhuru thence to Pukekauri thence to Mangahokio thence to Kakarikikaitahi that is to say to Te Aroha auta thence in a southerly direction to Pukekohatu thence to Ngatukitukiahikawera thence to Pukewhakataratara thence to Te Tuahu thence to Motutapere thence to Mangakahika thence to Ngatamahinerua thence to Haanga thence to te Aroaro o Pare-tapu thence to te Rekerekeokautere thence to Mangakaiwhiria thence turning towards the sea to te Umuokorongaehe thence to Te Ranga thence to Pukemanuka thence to Te Puna thence along the sea shore to Ngakuri a whare the commencing boundary. There are certain lands within these boundaries to the extent of six thousand acres (6.000. acres) which have been returned to the natives the particulars of which are described on the back hereof.

James Mackay, Jr.,
Commr.

Na te Moananui.
Na Hamiora Tu.
Kepa te amohau.
Te Patu.
te ninihi.
Tuaere x his mark.
Temi x.
Harawira.
Hohepa Hikutaia.
Te Kuka Te Mea.
Hori Ngatai.
Wiremu Parera.
Tahere.
Enoka Make.
te wharehera.
Rotoehu x his mark.
Mangapohatu x his mark.
Tomika te Mutu.
Karora.
taraiti Wiripo x his mark.
Hori Tupaea x his mark.
te puru.
rangawaka.
Hatirira.

Witnesses—

Henry T. Clarke, Civil Commissioner, Tauranga.
H. N. Warner, in charge of Survey Dept., Tauranga.

We have this day received the sum of Seven hundred Pounds £700 being a portion1866. 10 December.Receipt for £700. of the amount agreed upon as payment for the land that has been conveyed to the Queen, the plan and boundaries of which are on the other side of this Deed.

te moananui.
Enoka.
Turere x his mark.
Harawira.
Timi x his mark.

Witnesses to signatures and marks on the 10th December 1866—

W. G. Mair, Resident Magistrate of Opotiki.
Rich. J. Gill, Clerk of R.M. Court, Tauranga.

We have received on this twenty fourth day of June 1867 from Henry T. Clarke Esqre the sum of Three thousand Pounds (£3000) being a portion of the amount1867. 24 June.Receipt for £3,000. agreed upon as payment for the land which has been conveyed to the Queen, the plan and boundaries of which are on the other side of this Deed.

Enoka.
moananui.
Te Kuka Te Mea.
Huka Parera.
mere taka.
Te puru.
Wanakore Mangapohatu.
Timi x his mark.
Hohepa Te Kai.
Harawira.
Turere.
Paratoenga.
te Wharenui.
ngatia.
rotohia.
Wherama ananai.
Hohepa Hikutai.
tenara.
Ruka.
Hori Ngatai.

Witnesses to signatures and marks. Who also saw the payment of the money—

W. G. Mair, Resident Magistrate of Opotiki.
Rich. J. Gill, Clerk of R.M. Court, Tauranga.

We have received on this twenty third day of January 1868 from Henry T. Clarke1868. 23 January.Receipt for £3,000. Esquire the sum of Three thousand Pounds (£3000) being the final payment of all moneys on account of the land that has been conveyed by Ngaiterangi to the Queen, the plan and boundaries of which are on the other side of this Deed.

Enoka.
Hamiora Tu.
te moananui.
Hemi Palmer.
Heta.
Tone.
Hohepa Hikutaia.
page 641 Heroke.
Hamiora.
Mere Taka.
Paikea.
Akuhata Tupaea.
Hamiora.
te puru.
Timoti.
Hori Ngatai.
Kepa Amohau.
Rotoehu.
Riko.
Harawira.
Pini Te Wharehera.
Hohepa Kai.
Kuka Te Mea.
te hatiwira.
Wi Parera.

Witnesses to signatures and marks, and who also saw the payment of the money—

Gilbert Mair, Interpreter.
Rich. J. Gill, Clerk of R.M. Court, Tauranga.