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

[Deed Receipts—No. 2.]

Deed Receipts—No. 2.

Ohinu Block, Mangonui District.

Mangonui, 7

Hepetember

, 1859

Ka oti inaianei

te homai ki a matou e Te Henare Kepa—Kai

hook

whenua mo te

1859. 7 September.

Mangonui District.

Kuini E toru tekau pauna ma toru £33 ko te toenga o nga utu mo to matou pihi

Ohinu.

Receipt for £33, last instalment.

whenua mo "Ohinu," huihuia ki nga mea i riro mai i a Te Waiti ka kotahi Rau pauna mutu £100.
Ko nga kaha koia enei. Ko te whenua o te Mete kei tehahi taha—Ko to te Poari

Boundaries.

—Ko to te Matiu—Ko to te Paki—Ko te whenua o Te Komiti (

Church Missionary Society

) ko te wai o Ohinu tae noa ki tona otinga. Otira kei te pukapuka o te ruritanga te tino tikanga o te kaha—kei te Mapi e apiti nei.

A ka oti tenei whenua te hoko atu e matou te tino tuku whakaoti atu e matou ki a Victoria ki te Kuini ki ona muringa hoki ake tonu atu, a, ko te tohu tenei, ka oti nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu te panga ki roto o tenei pukapuka i roto i te tau o to tatou Ariki Kotahi mano, e waru rau, e rima tekau ma iwa 1859.

H. T. Kemp,
Commissioner.
Hohepa poutama.
Na Rapata i tuhi.
Ko te tohu x o Popata
Hare Matenga.

Witness to Payment and Signatures

W. B. White, R.M.
J. W. Kawau, Interpreter.

Translation.

Mangonui, 7th September, 1859

We have received

from H. T. Kemp, Dist. Commissioner on behalf of Her Majesty

1859 7 September.

Ohinu.

the Queen, the sum of Thirty three pounds sterlg. £33 being the balance as payment

Receipt for £33, last instalment.

for our piece of land called "Ohinu" added to what has already been given to us by Mr. White the whole sum is One hundred pounds sterlg. (£100.)
The Boundaries are these,—

Mr. John Smith

’s line on one side,—the lines of Messrs.

Boundaries.

Ford, Matthews, and Puckey, on the other side—the land belonging to the Church Mission, and the stream called Ohinu to where it finishes; The Map of the survey will show exactly the boundary lines, viz., the plan to this Deed annexed;

And We have entirely without reserve, sold and made over this Land to Victoria the Queen, and to Her Successors for ever and ever; and this is the token, We have hereunto affixed our names and marks to this Deed, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine 1859.

(Signed) H. T. Kemp,
Comr.
(Signed) Hoepa Poutama.
(Signed by x Rapata.)
The mark of Popata x.
Hare Matenga.

Witness to payment and signatures—

(Signed) W. B. White, R. M.
" J. W. Kawau, Interpreter.

True Translation.

H. T. Kemp.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 2nd September, 1874