Three Kings (Land at), near Onehunga, Manukau District.
1845. 8 August.Manukau District.Three Kings.This Indenture made the 8th day of August in the year 1845
Between Te Kawau, Na te Hira, Matiu, Topere and Te Keene, Native Chiefs of the
tribe Nga Te Watua resident
Patrick Donovan. at Oraki near Auckland in the Territory of New Zealand of the one part And
Patrick Donovan of Auckland in the Colony aforesaid Publican of the other part
Whereas the said Chiefs are rightfully seized of the fee simple and inheritance of
and in the several pieces of Land hereinafter more particularly described
according to the Native Laws and Customs of New Zealand And whereas the aforesaid
Native Chiefs have contracted with the said Patrick Donovan for the absolute sale
to him of the said several pieces of
page 513Land hereinafter described at or for the price or sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling
who hath
Receipt for £50. requested a Conveyance thereof in manner hereinafter contained Now this
Indenture witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Pounds
Sterling paid to the said Native Chiefs by the said Patrick Donovan (which they
and each of them do hereby jointly and severally acknowledge) They the said Native
Chiefs Te Kauwau, Na te Hira, Matiu, Topere and Te Keene do and each of them doth
hereby convey and assure unto the said Patrick Donovan his heirs and assigns for
ever All that the several pieces of Land hereinafter described Videlicet all that
piece or parcel of land situated near the Three Kings in the Territory aforesaid
containing by admeasurement 270 acres more or less Bounded on the North by Crown
Land 1,880 links on the North East by land
No. 1. Boundaries. [270 acres.] belonging to Messrs. Donohue and O'Keefe 5,724 links on the East by land
belonging to Mr. Hart 1,166 links on the South East by land belonging to Mr. Hill
870 links and by land belonging to Mr. Charles Ring on the South by land belonging
to Mr. Henry 2,646 links on the West by land belonging to Alexander Kennedy
Esquire 5,906 links and on the North West by land belonging to the Wesleyan
Mission Society 5,345 links as the same is more particularly delineated in the map
or plan in the Margin hereof Number (1) One And also All that piece or parcel of
land situated on the Manukau Harbour in the Territory aforesaid containing by
admeasurement 121 acres and 1 rood
No. 2. Boundaries. [121a. 1r.] more or less Bounded on the North West, North and North East by the
Manukau Waters on the East by land belonging to Mr. Smith 3,861 links on the South
by land belonging to Mr. Jackson 2,495 links and land belonging to the Natives
2,617 links as the same is more particularly delineated in the Map or plan in the
Margin hereof Number (2) Two Together with all the rights members and
appurtenances to the said two pieces of land or either of them in any wise
belonging or appertaining And they the said Native Chiefs Te Kawau, Te Hira,
Matiu, Topere and Te Keene Do and each of them Doth hereby covenant and declare to
and with the said Patrick Donovan his heirs and assigns that they the said Native
Chiefs Te Kauwau, Te Hira, Matiu, Topere and Te Keene have and each of them hath
in themselves jointly and severally good right full power and lawful and absolute
authority according to the Native customs of New Zealand to convey and assure the
said two pieces or parcels of land hereinbefore mentioned and described unto the
said Patrick Donovan his heirs and assigns for ever. In Witness whereof they the
said Native Chiefs Te Kauwau Te Hira, Matiu, Topere and Te Keene resident at Oraki
aforesaid have hereunto subscribed their names.
Kawau his x mark.
te Kawau x.
te Keene x.
te hira x.
te tapere.
Matiu x.
Signed by the said Native Chiefs Te Kauwau Te Hira Matiu Topere and Te
Keene in the presence of William
Webster of Mercury Bay Native Interpreter and Thomas Edward Conry of
Auckland Solicitor this Indenture having been first read over and interpreted to
the said. Chiefs by the said William Webster Native Interpreter—
Wm. Webster.
Thomas E. Conry,
Solr. Auckland.
A True Copy of Original Deed.Nos. 63, 142, and 143.P.C.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
5th July, 1880.