Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deeds—No. 147.]

Deeds—No. 147.

Tokatoka Block (Parore' s Claims), Kaipara District.

1855. 10 September. Kaipara District.

He pukapuka

tuku whenua tenei, i tuhi tuhia kei Mangawhare i tenei ra i te 10 o nga

Tokatoka.

ra i te marama o Hepetema i te tau o to tatou Ariki, kotahi mano ma waru rau ma rima tekau ma rima, 1855, ko te whakaaetanga tenei o Parore kia tukua ona wahi katoa ki

Parore' s claims.

Toka Toka ki a Te Kuini Wikitoria o Ingarangi, ki nga Kingi, Kuini, a muri i a ia ake

Receipt for £20.

tonu atu, hei utu mo nga pauna moni e rua tekau kua riro mai i nga ringa ringa o te Honiana, tetehi o nga Kai whakarite whenua mo te Kawana o Nui Tireni, koia taku ingoa, ka tuhi tuhia ki tenei pukapuka i tenei rangi nei.

Na Parore.

He mea tuhi tuhi ki te aroaro o—

Hastings Atkins, Mangawhare.

Translation.

1855. 10 September.

This Deed

executed at Mangawhare on the tenth of September in the Year of Our

Tokatoka.

Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five 1855 is the consent of Parore to surrender all his claims on the Toka Toka Block to the Queen Victoria of England, and to

Parore's claims.

Her Successors for ever in consideration of the sum of Twenty pounds received at the

Receipt for £20.

hands of John Grant Johnson, a Commissioner for the purchase of Land on behalf of the Governor of New Zealand, in witness whereof I hereby sign my name to this deed on this day above written.

Na Parore.

Witness—

(Sd.) Hastings Atkins, Mangawhare.

Translation.

John Grant Johnson,
Interpreter.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 30th, 1874.