[Declaration No. 2 of William Henry Grace]
Declaration 2 of W. Hy. Grace I, William Henry Grace, of Shortland, in the District
of Hauraki, Province of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand, a duly licensed
Interpreter under "The Native Lands Act, 1865," "The Native Lands Act, 1867,"
"The Native Lands Act Amendment Act, 1868," "The Native Lands Act, 1869," and
"The Native Lands Act Amendment Act, 1870," do solemnly and sincerely declare as
follows:—1. That I was present, together with Gerald O'Halloran, of Shortland
aforesaid, agent, a male adult, and did see Hunia te Weu, mentioned and
described in the within-written Deed, duly sign and execute the said Deed. 2.
That the signature Hunia te Weu, set and described to the said within-written
Deed, is of the proper handwriting of the said Hunia te Weu. 3. That the
signatures W. H. Grace and Gerald O'Halloran, set and subscribed to the said
within-written Deed as the witnesses attesting the due execution thereof, are of
the proper handwriting of the said Gerald O'Halloran and of me this declarant
respectively. 4. That immediately before the execution of the said Deed by the
said Hunia te Weu I did interpret the same to him into the Maori language, and
that my translation thereof was correct, and was understood by the said Hunia te
Weu. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true, and by virtue of the above-named Acts of the General Assembly of New
Zealand, and of a certain other Act of the said General Assembly of New Zealand
intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."
W. H.Grace.
Made and declared at Shortland in the province aforesaid, this
twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
Before me—
E. W. Puckey,
One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.