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

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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.