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Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

(Enclosure 1 in No. 222.) — Conveyance from Thomas Bateman to W. S. Grahame

(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.