Know all men by these Presents that We, the Undersigned Chiefs
of Kapiti or Entry
1839. 25 October.Wellington District.cook strait, etc. Island and the country adjacent to the said Island on both sides of Cook's
Straits in New Zealand have this day sold and parted with all our Rights, Claims,
Titles, and
Second deed of purchase of the New Zealand Land Company. Interests in all the Lands, Islands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours,
Rivers, Streams and Creeks within certain boundaries as shall be truly described
in this Deed or Instrument unto William Wakefield Esquire, in trust for the
Governors, Directors, and
Receipt. Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs,
administrators and assigns for ever, in consideration of having received as a full
and just payment for the same Six single-barrelled guns, five double-barrelled
guns, one hundred red blankets, five hundred weight and one quarter of tobacco,
twenty muskets, fifty iron pots, two cases of soap, twenty kegs of powder, one keg
of lead slabs, fifty cartouche boxes, one hundred tomahawks, twenty pipe
tomahawks, ten gross of pipes, two dozen spades, fifty
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two hundred yards of check, ten dozen pocket handkerchiefs, two dozen slates and
two hundred pencils, five dozen looking-glasses, ten dozen pocket knives, five
dozen pairs of scissors, five dozen dressing combs, one cask of ball cartridges,
five hundred flints, six quires of cartridge paper, sixty jackets and pairs of
trowsers, one dozen Flushing coats, one dozen adzes, 2 lbs. of beads, and one
dozen shaving boxes and razors which we the aforesaid Chiefs do hereby acknowledge
to have been received by us from the aforesaid
William Wakefield. And in order to prevent any dispute
or misunderstanding and to guarantee more strongly unto the said
William Wakefield, his executors and
administrators in trust for the said Governors, Directors, and Shareholders of the
New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs, administrators, and assigns for
ever, true and undisputed possession of the aforesaid Lands Islands, Tenements,
Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks, We, the Undersigned Chiefs, for
ourselves our families, tribes and successors for ever do hereby agree and bind
ourselves individually and collectively to the Description following which
constitutes the Boundaries of the said Lands,
Boundaries. Islands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks, now
sold by us the Undersigned Chiefs to the said
William Wakefield, in trust for the said Governors,
Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London this 25th day
of October in the Year of our Lord 1839, that is to say:—The Whole of the Lands,
Island, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks which are now
in our possession, or to which we now have any rights or interests, on the
Southern as well as on the Northern Shore of Cook's Straits in New Zealand,
comprising all those Lands, Islands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers,
Streams and Creeks situate on the Southern shore of the said Cook's Straits which
are bounded on the South by the parallel of the forty-third degree of South
latitude, and on the West, North and East by the Sea,—including Taitap, Wanganui,
Onetaua or Cape Farewell, Pakawao, Takaka, Taomiti, Motueka, Waimea, Okatu,
Okapuerka, Kaiaua and Hoiano in Blind Bay: Rangitoto or D'Urville's Island: the
Oyerri or Pelorus River: Admiralty Bay and the several Islands of Motungarada,
Kararu, Kakaho and Nguaiad situate therein: Omahauga or Port Gore, Totaranui or
Queen Charlotte's Sound; Wanganui or Port Underwood in Cloudy Bay: the River and
District of Wairoa: Paranuiowiti; Kaparatiao; Te Koraka or Cape Campbell: Waipapa;
Mangamaonu:—Kaikora; Aitiu: Peketa: Te Kiakia: Omihi: and Te Whanga: and also
comprising all those Lands, Islands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers,
Streams, and Creeks situate on the Northern shore of the said Cook's Straits which
are bounded on the North East by a direct line drawn from the Southern head of the
River or Harbour of Mokao situate on the West Coast in the latitude of about 38
degrees South to Cape Tekakore situate on the East coast in the latitude of about
41 degrees South, and on the East, South and West by the sea: excepting always the
Island of Kapiti or Entry Island and the small islands adjacent thereto, and the
Island of Mana or Table Island, all situate on the said Northern shore of Cook's
Straits; but including Tehakakore: Warehama: Rangiwacama: Wainerap: Turakirai:
Wanga Nui Atera or Port Nicholson: Rimarap; Oterangao: Omeri: Tecamero: Oariu:
Titahi: Porerua: Ohoeka: Terewarewa: Waikanai: Waimea: Otaki: Owaha: Manewatu:
Rangitiki: Wangaihu: Turakinao: Wanganui: Waitotara: Whenuakura: Patea, Tangahohi;
Ngatiruanui: Pahakahatiro: Taranaki: Moturoa and the several other Sugar-loaf
Islands: and the River or Harbour of Mokao. And we the Undersigned Chiefs do
hereby acknowledge for ourselves, our families; tribes and successors for ever, to
have this day received full and just payment for the said Lands, Islands,
Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks within the aforesaid
boundaries. And he the said
William
Wakefield is to have and to hold the Lands, Islands, Tenements, Woods,
Bays Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks as aforesaid unto the said
William Wakefield his Executors and
Administrators, in trust for the said Governors, Directors and Shareholders of the
New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs, administrators and assigns to and
for their own proper use, and as and for their own proper Goods and Chattels, from
henceforth and for ever. And we the said Chiefs as undersigned hereby for
ourselves our families, tribes and successors for ever, do covenant promise and
agree to and with the said
William
Wakefield in manner following, that is to say, That the said hereby
bargained premises and every part thereof are and so for ever shall be, remain and
continue unto the said Governors, Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand
Land Company of London, their heirs administrators and assigns, free and clear,
and freely and clearly acquitted discharged and exonerated, of, from, and against
all former and other Gifts, Claims, Grants, Bargains, Sales and Incumbrances
whatsoever, And we the Undersigned Chiefs do further promise and bind ourselves,
our families, tribes and successors, to assist, defend and protect the said
Governors, Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London,
their heirs administrators and assigns for ever in maintaining the quiet and
undisputed possession of the aforesaid Lands, Islands, Tenements, Woods, Bays,
Harbours, Rivers, Streams and Creeks sold by us to the said
William Wakefield in trust for the said Governors,
Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs
administrators and assigns for ever as aforesaid. And the said
William Wakefield, on behalf of the said Governors,
Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs
administrators and assigns for ever, does hereby covenant promise and agree to and
with the said Chiefs in manner following, that is to say; that a portion of the
land ceded by them, suitable and sufficient for the residence and proper
maintenance of the said
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tribes and families, will be reserved by the said Governors, Directors and
Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, and held in trust by them
for the future benefit of the said Chiefs, their families, tribes and successors
for ever.