Declaration of Joseph John Freeth.
I, Joseph John Freeth, of Wairarapa, in the Province of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Certificated Interpreter, solemnly and sincerely declare on oath,—1st. That I am a duly Certificated Interpreter. 2nd. That, previous to the execution of the within Deed by Ngakuku and Paora Te Ihumaoa Pinanau therein named, I translated and interpreted the contents of the said Deed to them, and that such translation and interpretation was correct, and was understood by them. 3rd. That the said Deed was executed by the said Ngakuku in my presence and in the presence of James Donnelly, and that the said Deed was executed by the said Paora Te Ihumaoa Pinanau by making his mark in my presence and in the presence of John Henry, and that the said James Donnelly and John Henry are adult persons. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of "The Native Lands Act, 1867," and of the other statutes in that case made and provided.
Joseph
Freeth,
Certificated Interpreter, Wairarapa.
Declared on oath at Featherston this fifteenth day of February, 1873. Before me—
Herbert
Wardell,
A Justice of the Peace of New Zealand.
A True Copy of Original Deed.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington, December 28th, 1875.