SEVEN MILLION ACRES FOR £300

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2159, 27 May 1914, Page 18

SEVEN MILLION ACRES FOR £300

PURCHASE OP 9"JIK WKST COAST, lile deed oi purchase from tho Natives of tito j.uOO.CIuO sen's of laud cotsprisin S th* West Const for tlio sum of iSQO, relemd to elsewhere in this issue, reads as follows:— ''This Deed, written on this 21st day (if May, in tho .year of our Lord, 1880, is a lull and iiirai sale, eonve.yavice, and surrender by_ns, the ehiefs and people of the tribe Ngaitalui, whose nntnes riro hereunto siibscribotl: Arid witiiossctii that on.bebatf of ourselves, our relatives and (k'Seoiidaiits wo haws, by signing this Deed uiulor tlio siiiiiiiig sun of tins day, partedwith and for ever transferred unto Victoria, Queen of E-iiglaiul, tor heirs, the Kings ami Queans who

way succeed lier, and their assigns for ever, iii consideration of the sum of ! Hire© hundred pounds (£301)),- to h@ pakl by daisies Jlaekay, jmi., on hohalf of the Queen, Victoria we hereby acknowledge the rccaipt of tlio said | moneys), ail that piece of our land ijitu- , ate in the provinces of Nelson, Canter- ; bury, and Otrsjs0 r aiul named' Voutmi. i Arahura, the boundaries whereof aws set , forth at the foot of this Dcod, and a [ plan of which land is annexed hereto, . with its trees, minerals, waters, rivers, ! J lakes, stream's, and interests whatso- i [ ever tkcrcon. To hold to Qkpbi Vi«- [. toria, her heirs and assigns, as a lasting [ possession absolutely for ever and ever. . , Aud in testimony of our consent to all ; . the- conditions of this Be<?d wo Itavo • i hereunto subscribed our names and ■ j marks. And in testimony of the coni sent of the Queen of l&iglnnd on her part to all the conditions of this- Dftej; [. tiw wvftits of Jaiises Mackay, jim., Com- . taissioner, is hereunto -subscribed. Those - aro the boitmlarjes of tlio land cciuknenc- , i»g at the seaside at 3'iopiotai (ililfoni , Haven), ttenco piOK'edmg inland to tlio t snowy inonntoks of Tsumaro, fcHeii.co -to r th« mountains, Turipatca, Haoraagi I (Mount Cook), l'era<M)i-Ta.mii, thence to - the saddle of the source of the river 5 Toreniakau, thence to Mount Wakarerea, . thence following the raiigo of mountains t to the Lake ltotwoa, thence to the - source of the rivers Karamea and fV'a- - kapoai, tfcenea by a straight. line drawn » in a southerly direction, Tifc sea coast . is the boundary of J'tapiotai (MiKonl i flin l„MvniW;„v!

li.avi'ii;, »«m wio uuiNiiiam's ineoi. There are certain lands within -this block reserved from sale; tlieso are. described in Schedules A an-d B attached to this limn. (Signed) JAMES MA.CKAY, Assistant- Native Secretary, tfTbqn follow these signatures, tho Maori names in en-eli ease sigi-vcd with a mark, thus X:—K.inijsi. Kttfei, 'Wiri M'ofcohm'ttlitmi, Pals*, Wi'reflvu I'arata, I'uaha to K-aiigi, Taraptilii -to Katikilii, fllaro to Aowfcangi, AVefita Taimi.i, HakiiVha Taot.in, Puma, Mnfearini 'fohi Arapnta Hontti, jR-owai Kaihi. Witnesses to. the p.vnioiit- awl sigmi tares: James Alackay, jun., Assistant NativeSecretary, acting iar jLand i'tti-eha.se i Convwissieiier; Samuel M. Maokley,'set*- , tier, Nelsoft; tfnnras Burnett', slin-ey-siy Jfebon; TaJwati Pir-imofta, Colli-ijgwoosl; . Hqri te Kirfttii-a, Coffingwfloi. I Received this 21st- day of May, in \ the year of our Lori, oit<?, thousand] . otgh-t hundred and sixty, the sum <tf | : £300 sterling, being tho £360 consi-dcra- | I tion money expxossoci in the it-liovo \vrit> ] \ tcrii Dec-d U) ha paid by Jaines Maclcay, ] ■ j jtm., ©n behalf of'Her'Majesty tho-; i i Qtlen-ft te tis. Witacsaes: James Mae- , kay, jnn., Assistant Nativo Seerotaty, i for Laud Purchase Comiitifesioner * f '■ '< Samuel. M. Maokioy,.'settler,. Nekoa; Jnmes Jiurnott, sui'VfjNorr'Nelson; Ta- . mati Pirimana., Ketivo Civief, OolJing- . wood; Hori t-e- KifSinVKstfrß Cliief, ' Parapani, Culliiigwood; . .ferapwhi, = Werita ( "Caijixiii: :H-a,kiiilw, ' T.aoijaj i Atahiriui Tohi; %r,a-lSa-ta : llovaa, -KnfeH i Kailu,; Kitiilvi^isjiiij,; : Jfjtttjrj-, -.S.jASJS