(Enclosure.)
Heoi kua oti i a matou te hurihuri te poroporoaki te tino tuku rawa i tenei kainga o a matou tupuna tuku iho ki a matou me ona awa, me ona mea katoa kua oti i a matou te tino tuku rawa atu i tenei ra e whiti nei ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.
page 528A mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka kua tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarangi mona ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei pukapuka kua tuhia iho to ingoa o te Makarini Kai whakarite Whenua mo te Kawana o Nui Tireni.
Te Hapuku Ika o te Moana x.
Meri Hineitakaa x.
Te Wakatomo
x.
Paratene te Akonga x.
Te Koko.
Arihia per Hapuku x.
Te
Hapuku Koao x.
Poito x her mark.
Nga kai-titiro ki enei homaitanga moni, me enei tuhinga ingoa—
James McCabe, Surveyor, Auckland.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
Enough we have after deliberation, deep concern and a final farewell unreservedly parted with this our Territory inherited by us from our Ancestors together with its streams and tributaries, its lakes, its waters, its forests, its scrub, its minerals, its banks, its pleasant places, its inferior portions, its valueless appurtenances whether on the surface or under the surface and all things whatsoever of and belonging to the said land, we have on this day now transpiring unreservedly parted with, the same being solely our property, to Victoria the Queen of England and to Her Successors for ever and ever.
In witness of our assent to all the conditions contained in this deed we hereunto append our signatures and marks.
And in witness of the consent of the Queen of England to all the conditions herein contained, there is hereunto attached the signature of Mr.McLean Commissioner for the purchase of land for the Governor of New Zealand.
(Sd.) Donald Mclean.
Te Hapuku Ika o te Moana x.
Meri Hineitaka x.
Te Whakatomo
x.
Paratene to Akonga x.
Te Koko x.
Arihia per Hapuku x.
Te Hapuku Koao x.
Poito x her mark.
Witness to payment and signatures—
James McCabe, Surveyor, Auckland.
A True Copy of Original Deeds and Translations.
Wellington, February 21st, 1876.