This Indenture made between Thomas Spicer, dealer, on the one part, and the undermentioned 1837. 17 September.Bay of Islands District. natives on the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Kororareka. undermentioned goods to the said Natives in hand well and truly paid by the said Thomas Spicer. Thomas Spicer now or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and they the said Natives of New Zealand hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Spicer his heirs and assigns for ever all that parcel of land situated and being and laying behind the swamps at Kororarika, and bounded on the:——by the Missionarys and on Boundaries. the——the Natives in front by swamp and at back by Natives names hereinafter mentioned as Witnesseth we do put our hands and seals the tenth day of September One thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.