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 the
Pouawatea. 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.