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

Translation

Translation.

1864. 26 April.Wairarapa District. This Deed written on this Twenty sixth day of April in the Year of our Lord 1864 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe of Ngatikahungungu whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under thePouawatea. shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria 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 One hundred and fifty Pounds (£150) to us paid by I. E. FeatherstonBoundaries. Land Purchase Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Wairarapa and named Pouawatea 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 To 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 I. E. Featherston Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land on the East by Crown Land, being a line from Parikoau to Pouawatea, both on the Ruamahanga River—on the South by the Ruamahanga River, on the West by a line measuring forty six (46 . 00) chains, and on the North by the Ruamahanga River to the starting point at Parikoau.

I. E. Featherston.
Rawiri Piharau x his mark.
Manihera Rangitakaiwaho.
Komene Rawiri.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

C. R. Bidwill, J.P., Settler, Wairarapa
George F. Swainson, Surveyor, Wairarapa.

Receipt for £150. Received this twenty sixth day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty four (1864) the Sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds Sterling (£150) being the full consideration money expressed in the above-written Deed to be paid by I. E. Featherston on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to us.

Rawiri Piharau x his mark.
Manihera Rangitakaiwaho.
Komene Rawiri.

Witnesses—

C. R. Bidwill, J.P., Settler, Wairarapa
George F. Swainson, Surveyor, Wairarapa.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, January 31st, 1876.