New Ulster Gazette – 1852 – No. 29

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✨ Gold Fields Agreement and Guarantees



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portion to the whole sum that their land does
to the whole block.

  1. All owners to be free to dig Gold on
    their own land, without payment to Govern-
    ment, but not to permit other persons, whe-
    ther Natives or English, to dig without a
    license.

  2. The Government guarantees protection
    to all classes of persons; in consideration of
    which, a License Fee will be required from all
    diggers not being owners of the land.

  3. The Native owners undertake to assist
    the Government as much as possible by re-
    porting all persons who are found digging
    without a License.

  4. The Government to be at liberty to issue
    Licenses immediately, but the payments to be
    reckoned from the 1st December, 1852; the
    first payment to be made on the 31st March,
    1853, and quarterly afterwards.

  5. The property of the Land to remain
    with the Native owners; and their villages
    and cultivations to be protected as much as
    possible.

  6. If any of the Tribes of the Peninsula
    decline this proposal, their land shall not be
    intruded upon till they consent.

{ R. H. WYNYARD, Lieut.-Gov.
TE HORETAI, x tohu
KITAHI, x tohe
HOPEHA PARAONE,
ERUERA TAHURANGI,
TARA,
HETA RIKIWARE, x tohu
PARAWERA, x tanu
WIREMU MAIHI MONGONGOHI,
ERUERA NOAHUE,
NGAPUKA HOPEKAU,
HOPEHA ARAMU,
WIREMU PATENE PUHATA,
WIREMU OKA,
WIREMU HOETE,
ARAMA KARAKA,
TE KENE,
RAWIRI TAKURAU,
IRIA TAROKU,
WIREMU-KEPA,
ONE MATUA,
WIREMU KINGI, x tahu

Coromandel Harbour,
19th November, 1853.

TAURUA, x tohu
PITA,
TA NUI,
HAUAURU, x tohu
RANGIHORO, x tohu
MBREANA, x tohu
WIREMU HOPIHANA,
HERA,
HOHUA, x tahu
HOANI,
IHARAIRA x tohu
WETERE x tohu
RANGI KAUWAU, x tohu
ANARUA x tohu
RUTUHAU x tohu

Witness to (Signed) JOHN G. JOHNSON,
Marks and Interpreter.
Signatures.

Coromandel Harbour,
20th November, 1852.

NOTE.—The foregoing arrangements include the
consent of three tribes, and comprise about 16
square miles, or 10,000 acres.

FURTHER GUARANTEE IN RESPECT TO THE NA-
TIVES WHO HAVE AGREED TO LEASE THEIR
LANDS TO GOVERNMENT.

In addition to the terms of the agreement
or lease drawn up and signed on the 19th Nov.,
1852, I guarantee that a Fund shall be
created by a Tax of Two shillings on every
License, for the purpose of paying (inde-
pendent of the rent thus agreed upon) and for
rewarding the native owners for their faith
and confidence in the Government, as well as
recompensing them for any damage, annoy-
ance, or inconvenience they may experience
from Europeans while digging on their lands.

(Signed)

R. H. WYNYARD,
Lieut.-Governor.



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🪶 Agreement between the Government and Native Tribes for the management of Gold Fields on the Thames (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
19 November 1852
Gold Fields, Thames, Coromandel Harbour, Native Tribes, Land management, Agreements, Licenses
36 names identified
  • Te Horetai, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Kitahi, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Hopeha Paraone, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Eruera Tahurangi, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Tara, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Heta Rikiware, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Parawera, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu Maihi Mongongohi, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Eruera Noahue, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Ngapuka Hopekau, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Hopeha Aramu, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu Patene Puhata, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu Oka, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu Hoete, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Arama Karaka, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Te Kene, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Rawiri Takurau, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Iria Taroku, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu-Kepa, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • One Matua, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu Kingi, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Taurua, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Pita, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Ta Nui, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Hauauru, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Rangihoro, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Mbreana, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wiremu Hopihana, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Hera, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Hohua, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Hoani, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Iharaira, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Wetere, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Rangi Kauwau, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Anarua, Signatory to gold fields agreement
  • Rutuhau, Signatory to gold fields agreement

  • R. H. Wynyard, Lieut.-Governor
  • John G. Johnson, Interpreter

🪶 Further guarantee in respect to the Natives who have agreed to lease their lands to Government

🪶 Māori Affairs
20 November 1852
Gold Fields, Coromandel Harbour, Native land lease, Government guarantee, License tax, Compensation
  • R. H. Wynyard, Lieut.-Governor