Translation.
1837. 7 July.Bay of Islands District.Hear all men, Waraki Watipu, Kahia, Kutu and friends do
make over a portion of land to Mr. Davis and to his posterity for ever. This
portion of land made over by Waraki, Watipu, Kahia, Kutu and friends with all that
is upon or under the said land whether growing trees or dead trees or stones or
anything else. On the North it is bounded by Kaweitahi.Mr. Davis’s land: on the North East by Mr. Davis’s land: on the South by
the stream Richard Davis. of Mohoao: on the South West by the land of Waraki and
on the West by the land of Boundaries. [10 acres.]Waraki. The name of the place which we Waraki, Kahia, Watipu and Kutu do
hereby make over to Mr. Davis and his posterity for ever is Kaweitahi. And these
are the Receipt.things given by Mr. Davis for the land: I Pound of Money and sixteen
shillings, 4 iron pots, 2 hoes, and 2 lbs. tobacco. On the seventh of July in the
year 1837.
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