Translation.
1876. 14 February.Wairarapa District. This Deed made the Fourteenth day of February one thousand eight
hundred and seventy six between Her Majesty the Queen of England of the first
part and the undersigned of the second part Whereas we the undersigned Native
chiefs of the Ngatikahungunu tribe have held rights over the waters of the
Wairarapa Lakes called Okorewa and Wairarapa for the purposes of eel fishing
which rights have been protected by the GovernmentWairarapa Lakes. of New Zealand, insomuch that Europeans have not been permitted to use
artificial means to drain off into the sea the waters confined in such lakes.
Now therefore in consideration of the sum of eight hundred pounds (£800) for
the purchaseTotal price, £800, and annuity of £50. of such rights and in consideration of an annuity or pension of Fifty
Pounds to be paid to Hiko Piata one of us, We hereby surrender and convey to
Her Majesty the Queen of England, such eel fishery rights and other rights and
interests of any kind whatsoever which we claim to have in such Lakes or in
the borders of such Lakes whether in land or whether in the waters thereof
between the Lands already sold to Her Majesty the Queen bordering on such
Lakes, that is to say between the blocks of land called Turakirae, Turanganui,
Kahutara Tauherenikau and including the sand spit between Kiriwai and Okorewa,
at the Ferry, as shewn on the plan drawn hereon. Twenty pounds part of the
said sum of money has been paid on the twelve day of February instant.Receipt for £300. Two hundred and eighty paid to us this day, the remaining amount Five
hundred pounds to be paid to Hiko and E. Maunsell, at such a place and on such
a day to be hereafter appointed. They two shall sign a receipt in proof of the
payment of such money.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
Tuhitarata, Wairarapa,
4 Mei, 1876.
1876. 4 May.Receipt for £500, final payment. We acknowledge to have received from the Government of New Zealand all
the money of sale to the Queen of England of the rights of the Maori people
in the waters eel fisheries or other rights in the Lakes of Wairarapa and
Okorewa, Eight hundred pounds in accordance with the terms of the within
deed of sale. The final payment Five hundred pounds was made this day—£800.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
A True Copy of Original Translation and Receipt.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
September 27th, 1877.