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APPENDIX G. Deed conveying Land for Residency to Hee Majesty the Queen. Te kobebomotu i rave ia i Rarotonga i te ra rua ngaurvi ma itu, o te lnarama o Decemaba i te mataiti okotai tausani c varu anere c iva ngauru. Kia kitea ravarai: Ko au ko Makea Takau, Ariki i Barotonga, no toku aroa c toku tangi kia Vitoria te Ariki o Beritani ma Irelandi ma te Empress o Inidia, te tuku atu nei an i tetai manga enua i Ngatipa inei tei tataia i raro ake ki taua Ariki vaine ma tona uanga i tera uki, i tera uki c tuatau ua atu, ci ngai akatuanga are, me kare ia, ko te au niea i tau ua nana, no to tangata tei ka noo i te enua nei ci tiaki no te au Beritani. Me inangaro i te akataka i tetai koreromotu tikai kua tika ia iaku. Tera mai te au kotinga ote reira manga enua. I te pae tokerau, ko te Arametua ite acre na te north-east and south-west kua varitata kite 253 links; no te south-west ko tinga te acre ra 45 degari east of south, 213 links ; i reira te acre ra 18 degari east of south, 415 links; i reira te acre ra 54 degari east of south, 800 links; i reira te aera ra 28 degari east of north, 250 links; i reira te aera ra 12 degari west of north, 83 links; i reira te aera ra 44 degari west of north c tae kite 1,250 links, te ngai i akarukeia, kua tai vaitata kite a eka c rua roda, mci te tv o te i tataia i raro. Witness my hand and seal at Avarua, Rarotonga, this 27th day of December, 1890. Makea Aeiki. Witness—John Joseph Knight Hutchin, L.M.S. Frederick J. Moss (New Zealand). I hereby certify that this document was this day signed in my presence, and that a copy is in this office. ■ R. Exham, Rarotonga, 27th December, 1890. Acting-Consul.

[Tbanslation.] This deed, made at Rarotonga the 27th day of December, 1890, witnesseth : That I, Makea Takau, Ariki of Rarotonga, in consideration of my love and affection for Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, &c, do hereby convey to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, for the purposes of a British Residency, or such other purposes as Her Majesty may see fit, that portion of land at Ngatipa, in the district of Avarua, in the Island of Rarotonga, hereinafter described, and do undertake to make any further legal conveyance if such should be found necessary. Bounded by compass bearings as follows : To the north by a line fronting the Arametua Road, and running from north-east to south-west, 253 links (more or less); thence from the south-west end by a line 45 degrees east of south for 213 links ; thence by a line 18 degrees east of south, 415 links; thence by a line 54 degrees east of south for 800 links; thence by a line 28 degrees east of north for 250 links; thence by a line 12 degrees west of north for 83 links; thence by a line 44 degrees west of north running 1,250 links to the point of departure, containing, in all, 4 acres 2 roods (more or less), as per plan hereon. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,325 copies) £29105.]

By Authority : Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9l.