Translation.
This Deed
entered into on the Twenty first of October in the year 1853 the consenting1853. 21 October.
of Te Hira Kawau and the Chiefs of the Ngatiwhatua the consenting also of the QueenAuckland District.
of England on her part now I Te Hira the owner of the Land described ii this Deed I do agree to sell this Land to Queen Victoria for the sum of £100 now given to me forOhinerau
this I give up and make over to Victoria Queen of England and her Heirs and Successors for ever this Land and all thereto belonging. The Boundaries are these, On the SouthBoundaries
by the Tamaki road, on the East by the trench near the road, thence on in a direct line to a Manuka tree and to the creek, on the North by the above creek called Ohinerau, on the West by Mr. Graham's (Farm).A sketch of this Land is on the other side.
Witness my name—
(Signed) Te Hira Kawau.
Witness—
(Signed) James Baber, Draftsman, Survey Office
Received by me the One hundred Pounds as agreed to in this Deed hence myReceipt for £100
writing this my name on the Twenty first of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and fifty three.(Signed) Te Hira Kawau.
Witness—
(Signed) James Baber, Draftsman, Survey Office,
AucklandA true translation.
John White, Interpreter
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, September 7th, 1874.