Puapua Block, Waikare, Bay of Islands District.
This Indenture made the Eleventh day of January in the year of
our Lord One thousand
1839. 11 January.Bay of Islands District. Eight hundred and thirty-nine Between Marupo, Tuwhangerau, Rhangiora and
Waikato in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand Native Chiefs of the said island of
the one part
Puapua.Samual Harvey. and Samuel Harvey late of London in the Kingdom of England but now of
Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales Master Mariner of the other part
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of Four Hundred and ninety pounds of Lead
49 lbs. Tobacco 13 Blankets 50 lbs. Gunpowder 3 dozen large Pipes 19 yards Gown
prints and 1 Hatchet 4 striped Shirts 2 Baize Shirts and 2 boxes Percussion Caps
of the value of £53 . 14 . 0 Sterling of lawful money of Great Britain in hand
paid by the said Samuel Harvey to the said Marupo, Tuwhangerau, Rhangiora and
Waikato at the time of the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged they the said Marupo, Tuwhangerau, Rhangiora and Waikato have
given and granted and by these presents do give and grant and confirm unto the
said Samuel Harvey and his heirs All that piece and parcel of Land Commencing at a
point on the Waikari River known by the name of
Boundaries. [400 acres.] Pua Pua, bounded on the West by a line running N.W. by N. to
J. R. Clendon's land: on the South by the
Waikari River: on the East by the Nongeroa Creek and a line running N.W. ½ N. to
J. R. Clendon's land: and on the
North by
J. R. Clendon's land
aforesaid. To Have and to Hold all and singular the same land hereditaments and
premises together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said
Samuel Harvey his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of him the
said Samuel Harvey his heirs and assigns for ever. And they the said Marupo,
Tuwhangerau, Rhangiora and Waikato and their heirs all and singular the said Lands
Hereditaments and premises with their and every of their rights members and
appurtenances unto him the said Samuel Harvey and his heirs against them the said
Marupo, Tuwhangerau, Rhangiora and Waikato and their heirs shall and will warrant
and defend by these presents. In Witness whereof the parties aforesaid have
hereunto set their hands and seals at Wahapu in the Bay of Islands in the island
of New Zealand aforesaid the day month and year above written.
Signed Marupau x his mark.
Tuwhangerau x his mark.
Rhangi ora x his mark.
Waikato x his mark.
Samuel Harvey.
Signed sealed and delivered (no stamps
being used nor any to be obtained) in the presence of—
Signed Gillbert
Mair.
H. P. Drennan.
Henry Jellicoe.
£53 . 14 . 0 Sterling.
Received the day and year first within written of and from
Receipt. the within named Samuel Harvey the sum of Fifty-three Pounds Fourteen
Shillings and —— pence Stg. being the consideration money within expressed to be
paid by him to us and being in full for the absolute purchase of the land and
premises within particularly mentioned and described.
Signed Marupo x his mark.
Tuwhangerau x his mark.
Rhangiora x his mark.
Waikato x his mark.
Witness—
Signed Gilbert Mair.
H. P. Drennan.
Henry Jellicoe.
Be
it remembered that on the day and year first within written peaceable and quiet
Peaceable possession taken and delivered. possession and full seisin of the piece or parcel of ground land
hereditaments and premises within mentioned to be granted and enfeoffed by the
within named Marupo, Tuwhangerau, Rhangiora and Waikato and were by them delivered
to the said Samuel Harvey his heirs and assigns according to the purport and true
intent and meaning of
page 186the within
written Indenture in the presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed as
witnesses thereto.
True Copy.
H. P. Drennan.
In the presence of—
Signed Gilbert Mair. H. P. Drennan. Henry Jellicoe.
A True Copy.
Henry Tacy Kemp.
A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed.No. 339.O.L.C.
H. Hanson
Turton'.
Wellington,
31st July, 1879.