THE DEED OF SALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 46

THE DEED OF SALE.

In order to complete this chapter in the negotiations for the. purchase of the lands for the Otago settlement, we here reproduce the translation of the deed of sale, which from an historical point of view is of considerable value, and no doubt will be found of interest by many : — "Know all men by this document, we, the chiefs and men of the Ngaitahu tribe in New Zealand, whose names are undersigned, consent, on this 31st day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1844, to give up, sell, and abandon altogether, to William Wakefield, principal agent of the New Zealand Company of London, on behalf of the Directors of the said company, all our claims and title to the lands comprised within the undermentioned boundaries ; the names of the said lands are Otakou, Kaikarae, Taieri, Mataau, and Te Karoro ; these are the boundaries : The northern boundary line commences at Purehurehu,

luns along the sea-shore, crossing the entrance of Otakou (harbour), to Otupa, i thence along the coast to Poatiri ; the eastern boundary is the ocean from Poatiri to Tokata ; thence the southern boundary runs along the summit of the Kaihiku Range, and crosses the Mataau | River, thence along the summit of Wakari to Mihiwaka and Otuwararoa, then descends to Purehurehu on the coast. We also give up all the islands — KumautauJ rua, Rakiriri, Okaiha, Moturata, Paparoa, Matoketoke, Hokinikini, and Aonui ; excepting the following places, which we j have reserved for ourselves and our children, that is to say, a certain portion of land on the eastern side of Otakou, called j Ornate; the boundary line commences at } Moepuku, crosses over to Poatiri, and i thence along the coast to Waiwakaneke, then crosses to Pukekura, and runs along the side of the harbour to Moepuku. Also a certain portion of land at Pukekura, the boundaries of which are marked by posts, containing one acre, more or less; also a portion of land at Taieri, the boundary of which oommencees at Onumia, and I runs across in a straight line to Maitapapa; the Taieri River forms the other boundary. Also a portion of land at the Karoro, bounded on the south by the Karoro River, on the east by the ocean ; the northern boundary includes the kainga of that place, and extends inland about

one mile, which said reserved places we agree neither to sell or let to any party whatsoever, without the sanction of his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. We have received as payment for the above first-mentioned lands the sum of two thousand four hundred pounds in money, on this day. "John Tuhawaiki, Karetai, Taiaroa, Pokene, Koroko, Kaikoarare, Takamaitu, Te Raki, John Tuhawaiki on behalf of Topi, Kihau, Solomon Pohio, Pohau, Taiaroa for Pokihi, Kahuti, Kurukuru, Mokomoko, Te Ao, Koroko Karetai, Tutewaiao, Papakawa, Te Kaki, Rakiwakana, Te Raki (the second), Potiki, Pohata. "In the presence of these witnesses: — "John Jermyn Symonds, P.M. " Frederick Tuckett. "George Clarke, Jun., "Protector of the Aborigines. " David Scoti. " A true translation of the original deed. " George Clarice, Jun., " Protector of the Aborigines." "I, William Wakefield, the principal agent of the New Zealand Company, do undertake to select one hundred and fifty thousand acres, to which the Crown's right of pre-emption ha 6 been waived in favour of the said company, from the block of land specified in the deed to which this is annexed, as soon as 6uch land shall have been surveyed, leaving the unappropriated residue to be dealt with in such manner as his Excellency the Governor shall deem fit."