DEED OF CONVEYANCE No 222. [1859]
Purangi Island Block; Coromandel District; Auckland Province.
Executed at Coromandel Harbour 9th November 1859.
The Deed, folio [495 x 670mm] printed document with manuscript insertions, text in Māori and English.
‘This Deed written on this ninth 9th day of November in the Year of our Lord 1859 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngati Paoa whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth, that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of six pounds (£6) to us paid by James Preece on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we] hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) those Islands situated at Mercury Bay and named Motu Eka, Poekeeke, Motu Roa, and Te Hoho….’
Signed with the names Maka and Whiremu Maka. [in the same hand as the manuscript insertions].
Witnesses to the payment and signatures - J. W. Preece, Settler, Coromandel Harbour.
(Signed) Weeden Adamson, Tutor, Coromandel Harbour.

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