K - Road Connections- Thomas Henry Keven and Emma Otto

Place names of Auckland streets are in the news as part of our 175 Anniversary. Today Karangahape Rd took centre stage. The image of our iconic street as it was in the 1870's reminded me of the Bartley connections there in St Keven's Arcade.

Edward Bartley's wife Elizabeth brought a wide social network with her to the marriage.  One of her aunts was Emma OTTO. Emma was born in Upper Chapman St, London and baptised at St George's Chapel there on 13 October 1822. Her parents brought her out to Port Jackson on the Bussorah Merchant in 1833. After the death of her father George, she came to New Zealand in 1838 accompanying her mother and sister. (see Early Settlers Roll p126)

In Auckland Emma married Thomas Henry KEVEN. The marriage was celebrated at the Wesleyan Chapel on 23 April 1845. The Otto's had met Thomas in Port Jackson. He was also a Londoner by birth and a good deal older than Emma, being born in 1807.

Thomas first came to New Zealand in 1839. Like the Otto's he found the Bay of Islands too unsettled to instil any confidence in business prospects. He returned two years later, arriving in Auckland by the Shamrock on 1 July 1841. He stayed first in lodgings at Epsom, but ran short of funds while waiting for cash to come from Sydney. This early pattern of financial highs and lows was to hold true throughout his career.

Daily Southern Cross 20 May 1843

Boots and shoes were the basis of Keven's business enterprise. In the early days of settlement good everyday footwear was essential and hard to come by. His warehouse was at 96 Queen St on the Shortland Crescent corner.

The New Zealander 25 July 1846

The couple rented a home in Shortland St near Emma's family. Their first two children George (1844-1908) and Alfred (1849) were born there. Business began well and continued as a successful enterprise in its own right.
Good accommodation was in short supply then too. Auckland buyers looking for a good family home in the 1840's faced a similar commitment to anyone buying there today.When the Government House was damaged by fire Sir George Grey stayed in Nathan's house on the north ridge of Karangahape Rd. Thomas purchased this property -allotments 28,29 and 30 of section 29- as soon as it became vacant, about 1852. This investment marked the start of his financial expansion.

Image Auckland Museum Inst C14 162

The baby Alfred died in April 1851, a sad circumstance shared by most households of the period.

New Zealander 12 April 1851

Emily arrived a few months later in June 1851. Rachel was born in September 1853.  Esther was born in 1856 and Elizabeth in 1858. The two boys Edward (1861) and Thomas Jnr (1862) completed the family.
Meanwhile Thomas was growing his business. He made regular trips back to Sydney, buying stock and seeing to his remaining property interests there. Melbourne was also on his regular itinerary.

Political and social organisation absorbed the attention of a good many settlers in these 'establishment' years. Thomas was active there too, being a foundation member of the Mechanics' Institute. He and Emma were also active supporters of the Sunday School movement, which may be where the epithet 'Saint Keven' came from.

The house was leased out when it burned to the ground in 1857. Although the property was uninsured it was reinstated after the fire.

Daily Southern Cross 22 Sept 1857

Years later this property became the site of St Keven's Arcade and it is still an intrinsic part of the K Rd lifestyle in the 21st Century.

Thomas Keven had good connections in Coromandel through Emma's family. The Otto's had a strong presence around the Cape Colville area. It is uncertain whether the land which revealed gold in 1856 was part of the original Otto holding or a block which Keven purchased subsequently. Either way he was in the thick of gold discoveries at Waiau Creek.
In 1857 he advertised the sale of sections in a new gold fields development Wynyardton.

Daily Southern Cross 15 December 1857

News of a commercial reef discovered was delivered to the public by Emma, who released Thomas' letter to her in June of 1862. Gold fever was endemic by this time but the Government had yet to declare the Coromandel a gold field. 

DSC 6 June 1862

No prospecting license could be issued under those circumstances. He could not yet say he had a valid claim. Nevertheless Keven had an understandable sense of urgency and pressed ahead with his plans for a prospecting company. The Governor General wasted no time in getting to the Coromandel, arriving there on 22 June. In an attempt to establish order the public was advised to hold back from leaving home. The notices were not able to squash enthusiasm. The rush was on.

DSC 30 June 1862

Keven's Prospecting Company was launched and the family moved to Thames. Their fortunes as a family followed the peaks and troughs of Thomas' investments. At his peak he owned several mines and a multitude of other properties. Yet as he approached his late 60's he had over-reached. Despite his effort and good intentions he became unable to settle his accounts.

Thomas Keven died on 29 November 1877, aged 70, leaving Emma in some considerable financial difficulty. His career may have been characterised by extremes of  prosperity and poverty but he had tremendous energy and high hopes for the colony.
Emma died in 1908 at Devonport, close to her niece Elizabeth Bartley and extended family. She had moved there with her unmarried daughter Rachel. In addition to her own large family Emma also fostered another six youngsters into adulthood.

More detailed information on descendants of Thomas and Emma can be found here

Research by M Bartley

Aickin's Pharmacy Queen St - Edward Bartley

Retailers provided a good proportion of Edward Bartley’s early work.
One early trend setting example was a design in 1879 for Graves Aickin, the pharmacist and entrepreneur.

Aickin came to Auckland via San Francisco. He arrived in 1863 already a qualified pharmacist. Within a couple of years he set up business in Karangahape Road.

Like many others Graves Aickin joined in the gold rush to Thames in 1870. He may have met with more success than the majority because he moved bigger premises in Queen St shortly after his return.
It is about this time that he began discussions with Edward Bartley about a possible expansion.

Edward’s cousin Julia was related to James Ferneyhough who owned a property on Queen St, near Vulcan Lane. Part of the site was leased to a hairdressers. Aickin negotiated to take the remainder for his pharmaceutical business.

Auckland Evening Star 19 April 1879

Edward Bartley trained as a cabinetmaker. He loved fine work in beautiful timber. After twenty years of no frills construction he now had the chance to share his passion for good cabinet work.
Here was his opportunity to design a spectacular retail experience.
Money was no object for Mr Aickin – he wanted the best.

Auckland Weekly News 4 June 1881

This two storey building, constructed on a site opposite the Bank of New Zealand in Queen St, had a highly ornamental front elevation. That alone was impressive for the times. Lower Queen St was not a sophisticated area in the 1870’s.
What sent the commentators into raptures was the interior. This was retail such as Auckland had never seen.
We can imagine the conversation at Mungo’s Café next door, discussing the sensory experience of visiting for Aickin’s new premises for the first time.

Edward had, in his brother in law John Harvey, a talented craftsman. Harvey was employed to fit out the interior in cedar and mahogany. Bespoke cabinets were designed for the vast miscellany of requisites and drugs stocked by a manufacturing pharmacist. These were finished with hand carving and mouldings on their upper portion.
Other cabinets were sourced and imported from England.
Showcases for retail items were ranged along the whole of the south wall of the shop space.

A self- acting fountain on a marble- topped case threw out jets of perfumed water. This luxurious ambience was completed by an ornate dispensing counter to the rear of the premises. Imagine coming in off poorly drained, unsealed Queen St to that environment.

Edward specified some state of the art technology to streamline the daily transactions.
Speaking tubes were installed in a similar way to modern intercom systems. Some connected the dispensary to the surgeons consulting rooms on the level above. Others allowed communication with the bottlers and storerooms on the lower level.
There was no change from £1000 for the interior fittings alone. Together Mr Aickin and Edward had set the standard for other retailers to match.

It is our loss that Aickin’s pharmacy was faced over many years ago. There is, however, a continuation of high end retailing in that part of Queen St. We have Mr Aickin to thank for pioneering smart shopping in what was once a rather ‘down market’ part of central Auckland.

Colonial Architect - The Career of Edward Bartley 1839-1919

Thank you to everyone who has been asking for a re-issue of Edward Bartley's biography.

The book is now available as an e-book at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VFETOMA

Queen Victoria School for Girls, Parnell, Auckland by Edward Bartley

Entrance with foundation stone, Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland. Image BFA 2003

Through our heritage built environment we can reach the ideals and aspirations of our forebears. Sometimes it takes quite a leap. 

This is certainly the case when looking at educational buildings. The culture of 19^th and early 20^th century education is so far from our views today.

At an Anglican Diocesan Synod in October 1900 Rev Hare Maihi proposed the establishment of a school for Maori girls in Auckland. This proposal was unanimously approved. [i] In February 1901 the Synod conceived and discussed of the building of such a school as a permanent memorial to Queen Victoria.[ii] The suggestion was subsequently approved and a target for fundraising set at £10,000, to be solicited from the whole community. [iii]

A model for the school already existed in Napier. Hukarere School was founded ‘to give Christian education to Maori and half-caste girls and to train them to be good and useful women.’ When established in 1875 it was the only Protestant residential school for Maori girls in the country.[iv]

From its inception Queen Victoria's was to be a boarding school, drawing students from all around the region. It was intended to supplement the facilities in Napier, expanding the opportunity for higher education to include those centres of Maori population such as Tauranga and Whakatane. 

The discussion around the enterprise did not focus on the academic potential of young Maori women, but upon the ‘europeanising’ of a generation. For Sir Apirana Ngata, speaking at a conference of students of Te Aute Maori Boys’ College, the European concept of the Home as a civilising and educating social structure for future generations was the key benefit of higher schooling for Maori girls.[v] The special character of the school as a Christian establishment carried expectations of the inculcation of a ‘moral tone’ which was considered as a desirable influence on this rising generation of young mothers-to-be.

The site for the school was in Glanville Terrace, Parnell, opposite the existing St Stephen’s Maori Boys’ School. This land was a gift of Ngati Whatua. Given the royal associations of the project, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone was timed to coincide with the visit of the Duke of Cornwall and York with his Duchess in June 1901.[vi]

At this stage there were still insufficient funds to begin the building process. Edward Bartley began the design process, in his capacity as Diocesan Architect. Tenders were called In June 1902, after which the design was reworked to bring it more into line with the financial resources available. The intended capacity was for sixty boarders. This was halved and the plans altered so as to leave room on the site for an additional wing as and when funds became available. Tenders were then re-advertised in September of that year. This time J Davis’ tender of £2131 was accepted.[vii]

There was immense good will for the project from the majority of the community  with fundraising being undertaken as far south as Masterton and Wairarapa.. A stylish bazaar was held on the grounds behind Government House in March 1903. Well attended and hugely successful, this event met the cost of furnishing the school, but not more. 

The enterprise was always cash strapped. The school’s continued reliance on public generosity was stressed at the opening ceremony in May 1903.[viii]

Somehow Queen Victoria School survived until 2001, dogged by financial constraints all the way. Her sibling school of St Stephen’s had closed the previous year. 

The range of educational options in a changing world undoubtedly contributed in the drop in enrolments -back to the 60 girls envisaged in 1901. One hundred years later such a small role was no longer a viable proposition, placing an untenable pressure on families to meet the ever increasing fees. 

Image Jubilee booklet, Queen Victoria School Jubilee June 1953 p 59

The school is remembered with great fondness by past students and their families as a Spartan but happy place. It fulfilled its purpose well and in the early twentieth century was held in high esteem as an educational provider and  training establishment for community leaders.

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[i] NZ Herald 12 Oct 1900 page 6 col 6

[ii] Ibid 12 Feb 1901 page 6

[iii] Ibid 20 Feb 1901 page 3

[iv] Ibid 21 May 1901 page 3

[v] Ibid 13 May 1901 page 6

[vi] Ibid 13 June 1901 page 5 col. 6, page 6 col. 6

[vii] Ibid 30 Sept 1902 page 4 col. 8

[viii] Ibid 23 May 1903 page 6 col 1 & 2

Auckland Savings Bank in Devonport - Edward Bartley

Front Elevation ASB Devonport

I hope readers will enjoy this set of plans for an ASB branch building, now demolished. 

The original site was on Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland almost opposite the council chambers.

Edward Bartley had to wait until the end of his career to design a bank building for his home suburb of Devonport, on the North Shore of Auckland. 

Local residents were forced to petition and lobby in order to get a branch at all, coming in well behind Onehunga, Newmarket and Surrey Hills. Building began in Devonport in 1901.

At this time it was still traditional for the manager to live on the premises. It may seem strange to us now, but a practical set of apartments was an important aspect of the design of bank buildings.
At Devonport the ground floor of this brick building was divided into banking room, dining room and kitchen, with a connecting hall and side door. On the first floor four bedrooms supplied the sleeping accommodation.

Back Elevation ASB Devonport

First Floor Plan showing Manager's Accommodation

Cross Section ASB Devonport

Cross Section ASB Devonport

Fortunately a good number of the heritage buildings along Victoria Road are still used and maintained today. There is a special ambience to Devonport which greets the ferry traveller from central Auckland. Everything seems to slow down to the more leisurely pace of a gentler time. No bad thing is it?

Street frontages of heritage buildings on Victoria Rd Devonport. Image BFA

St Mary's Pokeno - Harriet Johnston makes her mark

St Mary's Pokeno Front Entrance. Image BFA

It is great to be back. Apologies to you all for the long break. 

Today’s post is about a Gothic Revival treasure in the Waikato. There is a lovely story with it too. I hope you enjoy sharing our research on St Mary’s.

Let us first travel back to the Waikato of the 1860’s. War scarred both the landscape and the communities of the region during that decade. This was followed by punitive confiscations of land. The Pokeno block was taken in this process.

The site of St Mary’s Church, near the junction of the route to Thames and the Great South Road, was originally part of that Pokeno block. It passed through several settler’s hands during the next thirty years until Mr Francis William PYNE bought it as part of a 700 acre parcel in 1890.[i]

Mr Pyne, son of the Rector at Oxted, Surrey, arrived in New Zealand the year before. He was a well educated man, unmarried at that time. In 1892 he welcomed 63 year old Harriet JOHNSTON to his home. Miss Johnston was a well to do lady from Devonshire. She may well have been a family connection of the Pynes.

Miss Johnston was to prove an asset to the Pokeno district. After Francis Pyne married in 1894[ii] she threw her considerable energy into improving amenities in the area. Amongst other projects she donated the cost of a community hall, oversaw the construction and donated the interior fittings, including a piano.

In similar style, Miss Johnston turned her attention to the spiritual welfare of the community. At this time services were conducted by an itinerant clergyman on a monthly rotation. She envisioned a new church and a resident clergyman for Pokeno.

Using her resources and her connections, the project was instigated and completed in short order. Mr Pyne was called upon to donate the land for a church complex, intended to include vicarage and school. Diocesan heads were advised of her intention.

Edward Bartley, as Diocesan Architect, was consulted and requested to draw up plans for the new St Mary’s. The result was a miniature masterpiece of Gothic Revival. This church, along with All Saint’s in Kamo, Whangarei, was one of the last in a long association with the Anglican Church. They are also generally the most admired, as work of a mature and confident hand. It is certain that Edward was required to work closely with Miss Johnston and her chosen Deacon/Curate Rev H WINGFIELD.

The foundation stone was laid on November 4, 1899[iii] and the church was consecrated on 25 March the following year.[iv] Under a deed of gift the church and grounds were vested in the Diocese. The Primate of New Zealand was officiating and present to accept the gift.

The footprint of the building is 60 x 20 feet. The transept, 27 feet wide and 9 foot square porch were completed with a tower offset to the north containing the vestry and belfry. There was, of course, a dainty spire. The gabled roof was shingled and supported on massive beams. These were left exposed and treated to enhance the beauty of the native kauri timbers.[v]

St Mary's Pokeno rear view. Image BFA

Miss Johnston was equally attentive to the interior fittings. At the time of the consecration the some of the windows were plain and some coloured. This was because the stained glass windows she had commissioned from England had not yet arrived. A further window was commissioned for the west wall in 1910.

 Draperies were worked by the St Mary’s Guild of Parnell, the chancel and pulpit steps were carpeted and an Oamaru stone font installed. Seating was provided for 150 worshippers, being beautifully proportioned kauri pews. The following year Miss Johnston accepted delivery of three bells for the tower. They were the product of Warner and Sons of Cripplegate, London’s foremost bell casters.

Harriet Johnston died in 1916, leaving all of her estate to Francis Pyne. St Mary’s was her most lasting legacy, though it is unlikely she envisaged how brief its active role in the community would be. 

Soon after her death Francis Pyne disagreed with the vicar over the matter of stipend. In 1920 the church closed as a result of this dispute. The vicarage was also repossessed about this time and the property was put up for sale. From the early 1920’s the parish was accommodated by clergy from Bombay.

Fortunately for us the people of Pokeno loved their Category II[vi] historic church and have resisted all proposals to move the building. Thanks to them, the building was also kept in good repair and is still serving a vibrant community.

Link to  St Mary’s Homepage at  http://bombay-pokeno.org.nz/

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[i] Cyclopaedia of NZ  1902 p 696 Pokeno

[ii] 24 January 1894 to Bertha PICKIN N Z Herald 23 Feb 1894 page 4, by his uncle Rev. KIRKBRIDE.

[iii] NZH 3 Nov 1899 page 3 col. 5

[iv] Anglican Church Gazette April 1900.

[v] Ibid May 1900; NZH 27 March 1900 page 3 col.7

[vi] Historic Places Trust List #695, Category 2

Auckland, New Zealand in 1852

Part 2 of 4, P J Hogan's Lithograph of Auckland in 1852

Can we imagine what Auckland was like for those early settler families like the Hannkens, the Ottos and the Bartleys? 

The town was already changed out of all recognition just thirty years after Fred Hannken settled his family in Queen St.

 

The following extract from the Auckland Weekly News helps us form a picture. It describes the town of Auckland in those early years.

"In our present issue we give the first of a series of four views of Auckland in 1852 from the pencil of the late Mr P. J. Hogan, of Parnell and which were subsequently lithographed in London and published at the old New Zealander office, Shortland Street. These sketches recall to the memory of many Auckland residents reminiscences of the olden times. 

In that thirty years times have changed and men have changed with them....Even the physical features of the harbour of Auckland are altered, through the changes which the growth of the commerce of the port and the railway system have brought about.

...At this period the town was practically comprised in a line drawn from Princes St down ‘Generals Hill’ at the road past the Northern Club was called, up Victoria Street to Hobson St, thence to the sea and along the beach to Soldier’s Point (Fort Britomart) and thence to the point of commencement. 

The portion west and south of Hobson St was best known as ‘Chapel Hill’ which in the olden days was protected by Ligar’s Redoubt situated on an allotment opposite the Scotia Hotel, Hobson St and the eastern entrenchments of which disappeared when the allotments were lit in building sections by the Board of Education. 

South and west of these boundary lines were only a few scattered houses in the various streets with considerable patches of scrub and tea tree. Hobson St, south of Victoria St, had scarcely a house on it, while Pitt St and Karangahappe Rd to the Windmill simply existed on the map. 

Upper Queen St was a footpath leading through tangled fern across a deep gully while Upper Symonds St and Khyber Pass Rd were only about to be formed by working parties of the 58^th Regiment. 

The principal outlet to the country and by which the whole traffic passed being Parnell, Newton and the whole of the district west of Hobson St, Freeman’s Bay and Ponsonby lay in a state of nature, with here and there a settler’s residence in the expanse of fern. Mr Probert in Newton and Mr Cox in Cook St and Freeman’s Bay were pioneers of civilisation in these benighted districts.

As for aristocratic Ponsonby it was less known that Kikowhakerere. Its rival, Parnell or to speak by the card ‘Mechanic’s Hill’ was then, as now, the sanctuary of Government officials and had a strong ecclesiastical flavour about it. A few houses were clustered on St Barnabas Point, while Bull’s grocery, Tom Johnson’s Windsor Castle, Mr Vidal’s, Mr Elliott’s and Dr Pollen’s dwellings were the leading features of the Parnell main road, Colonel Hulme and Major Mafaou, near the top of the hill, forming the outlying posts in that direction, while from the road southward to the Domain the gun-brown tern reigned supreme.

... In Mechanics Bay (Waipapa) at that date, the tide laved the sandy beach of the Strand, lined from end to end with native canoes, whose owners, at their tents on the beach, at the native hostelry, drove a brisk trade in produce and kept the bay jocund with song and jest and dance alike, on the beach and in the raupo huts on the hill above the bridge.

Auckland Weekly News 11 October 1884 Supplement page 1 and 3

Frederick Hannken comes to New Zealand

This post is for those who have been asking for information on how the HANNKEN or HANNCHEN family came to New Zealand, and their relationship to the Bartley name.

Our thanks go to all the Otto and Hannken researchers who have made such generous contributions to the Archive, particularly during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Mr J Hannken of Auckland was at the forefront of online access to family material. This account of the early years in New Zealand is based on his research.

Edward Bartley’s wife Elizabeth was the daughter of Frederick HANNKEN. She was born in Sydney in 1838.

Frederick Charles HANNKEN was born in Bremen, Germany in December 1809. His father Fabus was a farmer.[i]

As an adult Frederick immigrated to England. He left London on 9 April 1835 on board SS PERSIAN. He was heading for New South Wales. The ship made land fall in Port Jackson on 25 November 1835.

When he arrived Frederick met George OTTO and his family, who had come to Australia two years earlier. George had German ancestry too. The eldest daughter,Eliza Otto, attracted Frederick’s attention.

George Henry Blackfield OTTO was born in 1771 in London. He served in the Napoleonic Wars as part of the commissariat. His wife was a native of Jersey, Channel Islands. He came to Port Jackson 11 August 1833 on SS Bussorah Merchant.

SS Bussorah,Merchant

George Otto died on 6 July 1836. His wife Eliza NICOLLE then remarried, to James RAMPLING.[ii]

Eliza Otto

 Frederick and Eliza OTTO married 13 November 1837.  

Frederick and his mother in law travelled to New Zealand on SS Diana, arriving 14 August 1838. They landed at Korororeka in the Bay of Islands. The troubles there dissuaded them from the likelihood of good prospects in the North. They moved on to Auckland. 

That place was also in a state of flux. Hobson’s selection of Auckland as a capital was still more than a year in the future.

Meanwhile Frederick’s first child Elizabeth Hannken, the future wife of Edward Bartley, was born in Sydney in 1838. 

Mrs Rampling returned to Sydney. 

Frederick went on to Coromandel where he purchased land. This purchase was later ratified by Proclamation.[iii]

The ship Diana came to NZ twice in 1840. The second voyage, in June 1840, included amongst her passengers: Eliza Hannken  and baby Elizabeth, , her mother Mrs Rampling and the GIMBEL family. Her sister Susanna Otto had married George Gimbel in Sydney in 1834.

The Gimbels settled in Auckland with their two young children. 

Frederick’s family joined him in Coromandel. They remained there while Frederick manufactured and supplied roofing shingles to Auckland. They also ran a store. Their accommodation was a raupo hut.

Emma Hannken was born at Coromandel 19 March 1841. 

Demand for building materials in Auckland slackened during those early years of the 1840s. 

The Hannkens moved to Auckland in 1842, taking rented accommodation on Queen St.[iv] Auckland was an unsophisticated settlement and Queen St offered only basic accommodation.

Frederick’s original trade was tailoring, but there was little demand for that skill in Auckland at the time. He found work as a traveller selling household goods. Later that year, 1842, they moved back to Coromandel. He carried on his trading from there. Business was good for two years as his customer base was predominately Maori, but Auckland was growing meanwhile and they returned to live in West Queen St[v] in 1844.

Frederick began to work as a tailor and his young family was growing. Susan was born in 1843 and Rebecca in 1845. Matilda arrived two years later in 1847. That happy event was followed two months later by loss. First Emma died aged 6 and then in February 1848 the baby Matilda followed her. The Jury List for that year records the family resident in High St.

About 1850 the Hannken family settled on Queen St where they opened a general store. They remained there for the next 15 years.

Family connection to Coromandel continued. Clearing outwards from the port of Auckland in December 1857, Edward Bartley is amongst the party on this visit.

The reminiscences of Elizabeth Bartley, nee Hannken are included as pages on this blog. She describes there her early life in Coromandel and Auckland. 

Elizabeth Hannken, wife of Edward Bartley

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[i] NZRBDM 1892/4

[ii] 21 November 1836

[iii] This Proclamation shall take effect from and after the date hereof -

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Auckland, in the Islands aforesaid this twenty seventh day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three -

By His Excellency's command

Andrew Sinclair

Colonial Secretary

God Save the Queen!

Frederick Hannken

Land Deed Coromandel

Deed of Land

from the Native Chiefs

of New Zealand

to

Frederick Hanncken

Know all Men by these presents That we whose names and seals are hereunto subscribed and sit native Chiefs of New Zealand for and in consideration of the several articles mentioned or enclosed on the back hereof being of the value of Sixty Seven pounds sterling to us paid by Frederick Hanncken now residing at Coromandel Harbour on the coast of New Zealand aforesaid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt hereby acknowledged Have and each and every of us Hath granted bargained sold assigned released and conveyed and by these presents Do and each and every of us Doth according to our respective shares and proportions grant bargain sell assign release and convey unto the said Frederick Hanncken His Heirs Executions Administrators and Afsigns All that piece or parcel of land lying situated being and having frontage to Coromandel Harbour and known by the names of Eohe Pukekara Matuaroa Waipas and being bounded on the     by a Creek known by the name of Pipitewai thence bearing on the     by Waipao and adjoining Mr J. Hanson and Fisher's allotment and bounded on the back by a Creek called Waipapa Together with all ways waters watercourses hedges ditches trees and appertenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining and all the estates right title and interest of us and each and every of us of in and to the same belonging To Have and To Hold the said piece or parcel of land with the appertenance unto the said Frederick Hanncken and his heirs To the use of the said Frederick Hanncken His Heirs and Assigns for ever And we do hereby for ourselves and our Heirs declare that we have not at any time heretofore sold or disposed of the said land or any part thereof to any person or persons whomsoever And we do here by covenant and declare that we have according to our respective shares and proportions good and lawful right to release and convey the same to the said Frederick Hanncken and His Heirs and that it shall be lawful for the said Frederick Hanncken and his Heirs and all persons claiming under him To Hold and enjoy the same without any molestation or disturbance from henceforth and for ever.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our Names and affixed our seals this Twelvth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty nine.

Signed Sealed and delivered

in the presence of the tenour of

the above having been faithfully

and clearly explained

Kotehui

Kohoropeta his Mark X

Witness

Wm Moores

Wm Grigg

Seventeen pairs of Blankets £17  "  0  "  0

Six pieces of Print 6  "  0  "  0

Two Great Coats 5  "  0  "  0

Two Kegs of Powder 7  " 10  "  0

Eight Cotton Shirts 1  "  8  "  0

Thirty Seven pounds of Tobacco 7  "  8  "  0

Six pairs of Trouser's 2  "  0  "  0

One Double Barrel Gun 10  "  0  "  0

Two Chests 2  "  0  "  0

Eight Cartouch Boxes 3  "  4  "  0

Two Handerchief 4  "  0

Two Cloth Caps 1  "  0  "  0

Two red Caps 10  "  0

Two pieces of Lead 14  "  0

Two Muskets 2  "  0  "  0

Three pieces print 3  "  0  "  0

  £69  "  2  "  0

[iv] Auckland Police Census 1842

[v] Now Swanson St