Deeds—No. 362.
Kauaeranga No. 28a Block, Hauraki District.
1871 28 September. Hauraki District
This Deed
made the twenty eighth day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy one between Nikorima Poutotara and Pineha Marutuahu of the District of Hauraki in Queen's County in the Province ofKauaeranga No. 28a.
Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Aboriginal Natives hereinafter termed the said Natives of the one part and Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the other part. Whereas a Certificate of Title was issued from the Native Lands Court on the sixth day of July One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one whereby it is certified that the said Natives are the owners according to Native Custom of the exclusive right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All That portion of the Foreshore or parcel of land between high-water mark and low-water mark called or known by the name of Kauaeranga Number Twenty eight A hereinafter more particularly described. And whereas the said Natives have agreed to sell to Her said Majesty all their Estate and Interest in the said Foreshore or parcel of land for the price of Eighty eight Pounds Ten shillings. Now this Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Eighty eight Pounds Ten shillings paid by Her said Majesty to the said Native (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said Natives do and eachReceipt for £88.10.
of them doth hereby Convey and Assure Grant and Surrender unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors All that the said right of Fishing upon and using for the purpose of Fishing whether with stake nets or otherwise the surface of the soil of All that the said portion of the Foreshore or parcel of land between high-water mark and low-water mark at Grahamstown in the District of Hauraki in the Province of Auckland aforesaid called or known by the name of Kauaeranga Number Twenty eight A containing by admeasurement Fourteen acres — roods and Twenty five perches be the same more or less. Bounded towards the North East by high-water line towards theBoundaries. [14a. 0r. 25p.]
South East by the Moanataiari Number Two A block, Three thousand Four hundred and thirty links, towards the South West by low-water line and towards the North West by the Moanataiari Number One A block, Three thousand Four hundred and Eighty nine links, as the same is delineated on the plan drawn hereon with all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging And all the estate right title interest and demand whatsoever of the said Natives in and to the said Foreshore or parcel of Land and Premises and every part thereof To have and to hold unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and successors for ever In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first hereinbefore written.
Nikorima Poutotara.
Pineha Marutuahu.
Signed by the said Nikorima Poutotara in
the presence of—
W. H.
Taipari.
Edwd. Hy. Power, Native Interpreter.
Signed by the said Pineha Marutuahu in
the presence of—
W. H.
Taipari.
Edwd. Hy. Power, Licensed Interpreter.
[Declaration of Edward Henry Power]
Declaration of Edward Henry Power.
IEdward Henry Power
of the Thames in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand Licensed Native Interpreter do most solemnly and sincerely declare as follows that is to say—Edwd. Hy. Power.
Made and declared at the Thames in the
Province of Auckland in the
Colony of
New Zealand this seventh day of
December One thousand eight
hundred
and seventy one Before me
H. Chas. Lawler,
A Justice of
the Peace.
3969
d.
Registration. Received for Registration at 2 p.m 21st July 1874.
(
l.s.)
M.
Hamilton,
Dep. Registrar.
A True Copy of Original Deed, Declaration, and Endorsement.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington, July 8th, 1875.