1839. 1 August.Tauranga.Let all men know by these words that We whose names are here below do hereby deliver our land the Tauranga to the John Whiteley Missy. for the Wesleyan Missy. Society and their heirs or successors to be by them possessed from henceforth and for ever.

Boundaries.Observe:—The said place the Tauranga lieth on the West side of the creek Uwatahi (Waiharakeke, Kawia) from whence it extendeth Westward to the ridge. Also it lieth at the end of lands purchased by the Rev. W. White for the Mission Station at Ahuahu, and on the North side of the land sold by the Ao to the Rev. J. Whiteley for the said Mission Station.

Receipt.Observe! The following are the payment for the said land, viz., One Pound in Cash, 4 Blankets, 4 Shirts, 2 Frocks, 4 Knives, 4 Scissors, 4 Razors, 4 Shaving boxes, 4 Pipes and 40 figs of Tobacco. The above Articles we have this day recd. as payment for the above named land; therefore we hereby fully deliver up this our said land to the Rev. John Whiteley and to his successors for ever. As Witness our hand this 1st day of August in the year 1839.