No. 14. Te Aro Pa, Lot 20

TE ARO PA, LOT 20, WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

THIS DEED made the twelfth day of August One thousand eight hundred and seventy three between Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui In the grant from the Crown hereinafter recited described as Pumipi Te Ranginui) of Wellington in the Province of Wellington and Colony of New Zealand aboriginal native herein called the vendor of the one part and William Fitzherbert of Wellington aforesaid Esquire the Superintendent of the said Province of Wellington herein called the Superintendent of the other part, Whereas by grant from the Crown bearing date the twenty second day of November One thousand eight hundred and sixty six registered at Wellington No. 6795 the hereditaments and premises hereinafter described and intended to be hereby conveyed were granted to the vendor his heirs and assigns and in the said deed of grant was contained a proviso that the said land should be inalienable by sale or lease for a longer [period] than twenty one years from the making of such lease or by mortgage except with the consent of the Governor in Council previously obtained to every such sale lease or mortgage, and whereas the Superintendent has agreed with the vendor to purchase from him the said heritaments and premises at or for the price or sum of Thirty Two pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence paid by the Superintendent to the vendor (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged.

He the vendor doth hereby convey and assure unto the Superintendent his successors and assigns, All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement five perches more or less being Lot Number 20 (twenty) on the plan of the Te Aro Pah Reserve in the City of Wellington aforesaid Bounded on the North by Lot numbered 19 nineteen on the plan of the said Reserve twenty eight links, on the East by Government land one hundred and thirty six links on the South by Courtenay place twenty seven links, and on the West by Lot numbered 21 twenty one on the said plan one hundred thirty four links be the same several measurements and each and every of them a little more or less as the said piece or parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan drawn hereon and bordered red. Together with the erections and buildings thereon and the rights ways casements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, To hold the said piece or parcel of land unto the Superintendent his successors and assigns for and on behalf of the Province of Wellington Provided always that the covenants to be implied hereinshall extend to and be taken as against the acts deeds of the vendor and all persons claiming and to claim through under or in trust for him and no further or otherwise.

In Witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto subscribed their names the day and year first above written.
Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui

Signed by the said Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui in the presence of
Eb. Baker, Certified Interpreter, Wellington
C.F. Gawaith, Artd Clerk, Wellington

Declaration of Ebenezer Baker
I, EBENEZER BAKER, of Wellington, in the province of Wellington, Licensed Interpreter, do solemnly and sincerely declare that before the execution of the within-written Deed by Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui, the vendor therein described, the said Deed was interpreted and translated by me to him and that my interpretation and translation was correct and was understood by the said Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui. That the said Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui signed, executed the Said Deed in my presence, and in the presence of Charles Frederick Gawaith. That the said Charles Frederick Gawaith is a male adult; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true; and by virtue of "The Native Lands Acts 1865 and 1867," and "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."
Eb. Baker.
Declared at Wellington, in the province of Wellington, the twelfth day of August, 1873. Before me -
James Booth J.P.

Governor's assent
In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by "The Native Lands Act, 1867", I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, with, the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, consent that the land and hereditaments in the within-written Deed proposed to be conveyed by the within-named Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui may he conveyed by the within-named Henare Pumipi Te Ranginui; to the within-named William Fitzherbert, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the manner therein mentioned.
Given under my hand at Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy three.
James Fergusson
Governor

Approved in Council.
Forster Goring
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trust Commissioner's Certificate
I, Charles Heaphy, the Trust Commissioner under "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870," for the District of Wellington, do hereby certify that I have, with respect to the within-written instrument and the alienation thereby witnessed, made the inquiries by the said Act, and do certify that I am satisfied with the result of such inquiries.
Charles Heaphy,
Trust Commr.
Dated this 6th day of September, 1873.

Enclosure in no. 14

Crown Grant to Pimipi Te Ranginui, Wellington

Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting, Know ye that for good considerations us thereunto moving we for us our heirs and successors do hereby grant unto Pumipi Te Ranginui of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington an aboriginal native of New Zealand his Heirs and assigns all that parcel of land in our Province of Wellington in our Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement five (5) perches more or less situate at Wellington aforesaid being Lot No. 20 on the plan of the Te Aro Pah Reserve in the City of Wellington, bounded towards the North by Lot Boundaries number 19 of the said Reserve twenty eight (28) links, towards the east by Government land one hundred and thirty six links (136), towards the South by Courtenay place twenty seven (27) links, and towards the West by lot number twenty one of the said Reserve, one hundred and thirty-four (134) links, as the same is delineated on the plan drawn in the margin hereof with all the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging, To hold unto the said Pumipi Te Ranginui his heirs and assigns for ever provided always that the land hereby granted shall be inalienable by sale or by lease for a longer period than twenty one years from the making of any such lease or by mortgage except with the assent of the Governor in Council previously obtained to every such sale lease or mortgage. In testimony whereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our Colony of New Zealand.

Witness our trusty and well beloved Sir George Grey K.C.B. Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand at Wellington this twenty second day of November in the thirtieth year of our reign and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
G GREY

No. 6795
Received 3.30 P.M. Tuesday, 4th December,1866.
(L.S.)
JOHN E. SMITH, Registrar of Deeds.

A True Copy of Original Deed, Crown Grant, Certificate, and Registration.
H HANSON TURTON.
Wellington, November l2th,1875.