Deeds—No. 109.
Kaurihohore Block, Whangarei District.
1857. 8 June. Whangarei District.
ra o Huni i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano waru raurim
a tekau ma whitu ko te whakaaetanga tenei o nga Rangatira me nga tangata noa iho o Ngapuhi o to hapu oKaurihohore.
Ngaitorongare kia tukua atu tetehi wahi o to matou whenua kiWhaugarei
(ko Kaurihohore te ingoa nui o tenei kainga) ki te Kuini Wikitoria o Engarangi ki tona uri i muri i a ia Kingi Kuini ranei hei utu mo nga moni E rima rau ma rima tekau nga pauna. Koia tenei te whenua kua oti nei te mapi ki te taha o tenei pukapuka. Ka timata ki teBoundaries. [4,790 acres.]
kaha o Paranui ka tika i roto i te awa o Mangakino a tika tonu i runga i te raina kua oti nei te para ki te awa o Mangahahuru a tika tonu i roto i taua awa ki te peka i Orai a puta noa ki te Repo nui o Wairua ka haere i te taha o te Repo ki Waihirere ka puta ki Kaurihohore ka tika ki runga i te raina ka tutaki ki te kaha o te whenua i hokona e matou ki a Mea a ka haere i runga i te kaha o te kainga o te Mea ki Paranui—ka mutu ki te wahi i timata ai te kaha. Na kua riro mai aua moni E rima rau ma rima tekauReceipt for £550
nga pauna £550 kia matou i tenei ra i te ringaringa o John Grant Johnson he kai whakarite mo te whenua o te tangata maori i Nui Tireni koia matou ka tuhituhi i o matou nei ingoa i tenei ra kua oti te tuhituhi i runga nei he tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga.Epiniha Monariki.
Wiremu Pepene.
Paratene Whakaturangi.
Mangu whare Wapu.
Hira Wani.
Tipene Hari
x tona tohu.
Hine Waru
x tona tohu.
Wiremu Pohe.
Riwhi.
Hirini Tipene.
Ko Rakete.
Poukoura.
Whare te Puru
x tona tohu.
Ko nga Kai titiro i tenei homaitanga utu me enei tuhituhinga ingoa—
John Grant Johnson, District Commissioner.
Translation.
1857. 8 June. Whangarei District
year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven is the consent of us the Chiefs and freemen of the Ngapuhi Tribe of the family of Ngaitorongare to the giving up of a portion of our land at Whangarei (Kaurihohore being the name by which this land is known) to the Queen Victoria of England and to Her Heirs male or female afterKaurihohore.
her for ever in consideration of the sum of five hundred and fifty Pounds the Land being that delineated on the plan in the margin of this Deed commencing at the boundary of Paranui thence up the course of the river Maugakino thence on theBoundaries. [4,790 acres.]
surveyed line to the river of Mangahahuru thence down the course of the said river Mangahahuru to the branch stream at Orai thence to the great swamp of the Wairua thence alongg the edge of the great swamp to Waihireri thence to Kaurihohore thence along the surveyed line until it joins the boundary of the land we sold to Mr. Mair, thence along the boundary of Mr. Mair's land to Paranui where it ends at the point ofReceipt for£550.
commencement. Now we hereby acknowledge to have received the said sum of money Five hundred and fifty pounds £550 from the hands of John Grant Johnson a Commissioner for the purchase of Land from the Natives of New Zealand. In witness whereof and in token of consent we do hereby subscribe our names this day above written.
Epiniha Monariki,
and 12 other signatures.
Witness to payment and signatures—
John Grant Johnson, District Commr.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, February, 8th, 1875.