Tangitu Block, River Tarea, Bay of Islands District.
1835. 10 October.Bay of Islands District.We the undersigned mentioned parties viz. Wycatto and Caytika
Chiefs of the Bay of the Bay of Islands do hereby acknowledge to have sold and do
hereby sell and convey
Tangitu. unto James Leitch his heirs and executors and assigns for ever a portion
of land named
James Leitch. Tangattoo situated on Tarrias River for and in full consideration of the
following
Receipt. articles which we hereby acknowledge to have received, viz., Two Double
Barrell’d
page 135Fowling Pieces, Two
Muskets, Two Blankets, Four Bags of Shot, Four Hoes, One hundred figs Tobacco and
Thirty Pipes, and the boundaries or limits of the said Piece or Parcel of Land so
sold by us are as follows, viz. On the South West by the Waters of
Boundaries. [550 acres.] Tarrias River, on the North West by a branch of the aforesaid River
running towards Pukuro to a pile of Stones marked on the Beach of the said River,
from thence (said Stones) running in an E.S.E. direction by holes marked in the
ground at various places where the course of the Line may make a slight deviation
until the said line terminates on the ridge of a hill called Pukenui, and from
thence in a S.S.W. direction down a Valley with a small run of water falling into
the River Tarria aforesaid and dividing the said piece or portion of Land from a
piece of Ground belonging to the Natives and known by the name of Putanui. In
Witness whereof we have hereunto put our hands and seals this Tenth day of Octr.
in the year of Our Lord 1835.
Wycatta his x mark.
Caytikie his x mark.
Warri-Poka his x mark.
Moko his x mark.
Marnuie his x mark.
Witnesses—
Henry Day.
Ralph Bond.
Willm. Livington.
True Copy.
Henry Kemp.
A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed. No. 134.O.L.C.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
19th November, 1878.