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Declaration of Henare and Naera.We, Henare te Hatete and Naera te Angiangi, of Otaki,
Aboriginal Natives of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare—
| 1. | That we are some of the Vendors of the block known as Manawatu Kukutauaki No. 4e, in the Manawatu District, in the Province of Wellington, to James Booth, Esq., Land Purchase Officer to the Crown. |
| 2. | That neither spirituous liquors, arms, nor warlike stores form any part of the consideration money for the said portion of land. |
| 3. | That there is sufficient land in possession of the Vendors over and above the land now offered by us for sale for all our future wants. And we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866." |
Henare Hatete.
Naera Angiangi.
Declared by the said Henare te Hatete and Naere te Angiangi at Otaki aforesaid this this ninth day of February, 1876, the same having been first read over to them in the Maori language, they appearing fully to understand the meaning and purport thereof, in the presence of—
James Booth, R.M.
Richard Booth.