(Enclosure 1 in No. 222.)
Conveyance from Thomas Bateman to
W. S. Grahame.
1849. 26 December.Bay of Islands District.This Deed made the twenty-sixth day of December in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine Between Thomas Bateman of the
Bay of Islands in the Manconui. territory of New Zealand Sub-Collector of Customs of the one part and
William Smellie Grahame of Auckland in the said territory Merchant of the other
part Whereas by deed of grant dated the twenty-fourth day of June in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four under the hand of Robert
FitzRoy Esquire Governor and Commander in Chief of the said territory and its
dependencies and under the seal of the said territory Her Majesty Queen Victoria
did grant unto the said Thomas Bateman his heirs and assigns all that allotment or
parcel of land in the said territory said to contain one thousand two hundred
acres more or less situated between the Tareha and Kiri Kiri rivers as the same is
in said deed of grant and hereafter more fully set forth and described And whereas
the said Receipt for £348 6s. William Smellie Grahame hath agreed with the said Thomas Bateman for the
absolute purchase of the said allotment or parcel of land at or for the price or
sum of three hundred and forty-eight pounds six shillings and hath requested a
conveyance thereof Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of
three hundred and forty-eight pounds six shillings sterling paid by the said
William Smellie Grahame to the said Thomas Bateman the receipt whereof the said
Thomas Bateman hereby acknowledges he the said Thomas Bateman doth hereby convey
and assure unto the said William Smellie Grahame his heirs and assigns for ever
all the aforesaid allotment or parcel of land in the said territory of New Zealand
said to contain one thousand two hundred acres more or less situated between the
Tareha and Kiri Kiri rivers and of which the boundaries of the entire quantity
claimed are reported to be as Boundaries. [1,200 acres.]Certain lands excepted. follows, vizt., "Bounded on the West by Reed's land, On the South and East
by land belonging to the Church Missionaries to Mr. Small and Mr. Edmonds and the
river Kiri Kiri, and on the North by the river Tareha" excepting the twenty acres
claimed by John Reed and all the portion claimed by Wiremu Hau and the part
reserved for the Native (name unknown) which can be pointed out by the Chief
Kamera with all the rights and appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging To hold
unto the said William Smellie Grahame his heirs and assigns for ever And the said
William Smellie Grahame doth hereby declare that no widow whom he may have shall
be entitled to dower out of the land hereby conveyed and assured or out of any
part thereof. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their
names.
Thomas Bateman.
Signed by the above-named Thomas Bateman in the presence of—
Wm. Climie, Agent, Russell, Bay of Islands.
Samuel Stephenson, Merchant, Russell, Bay of Islands.
Wm. S. Grahame.
Signed by the above-named William Smellie Grahame in the presence of—
Christopher Atwell Harris, Settler, Auckland.
John Roberton, Gentleman, Auckland.