Te Mata. Block (Peter Monro), Hokianga District.
Know all men by these Presents that in consideration of Peter
Monro of Hokianga 1835. 13 October.Hokianga District. New Zealand having duly paid us the undersigned Natives or Resident Chiefs
and Te Mata.Peter Monro. Proprietors of Land on the West side of the River Hokianga the following
articles viz.,
|
£- s. d. |
Sixteen Blankets @ Twenty shillings |
16 0 0 |
Four Casks Gunpowder 25lbs. @ Fifty do. |
10 0 0 |
Twelve Spades @ six shillings ea. |
3 12 0 |
Five Iron Pots @ Eight do. ea. |
2 0 0 |
1 Cask Tobacco 157lbs. @ Two do |
1514 0 |
Twelve Shirts @ Six shillings ea. |
3 12 0 |
Twenty-four doz. Pipes @ 1 shilling |
1 4 0 |
Two Fowling Pieces with Cases complete @ 200/ |
20 0 0 |
Twelve Hatchets @ four shillings each |
2 8 0 |
One thousand Gun Flints @ thirty shillings. |
1 10 0 |
Ten Hoes at four shillings. |
2 0 0 |
Amounting to Seventy-Eight Pounds Sterling |
£78 0 0 |
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Boundaries. [600 acres.] being the value or price affixed by us on a certain Portion of land on the
West side of the above mentioned River Hokianga bounded on the South side by a
Creek called or known by the name Pupuwai On the North side by a Creek called
Oshopha'mee and bounded on the back or West side by a Forest of Timber known by
the name of Ra Weeteroa and on the East or front side by the River Hokianga
extending to Low Water Mark. That we the undersigned Resident Chiefs and
Proprietors of the above mentioned Land do hereby grant bargain sell unto the said
Peter Monro his heirs and assigns for ever the before mentioned Land in the said
River herein described with all appurtenances whatsoever in the peace and quiet
possession of the same. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands at
Orongotaa being duly assembled here for that purpose this thirteenth day of
October in the Tear of the Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
Papahea his x mark.
Warra his x do.
Te Taka his x do.
Shashi his x do.
Ngaropo his x do.
Adua her x mark.
Mueu his x
do.
Ranghatcera his x do.
Moetarra his x do.
Witness—
Saml. Butler.
Wm. Toung.
Robert Angus.
Edward Dunn.
Edward Davis.
Certificate of notary public. I Joseph Allport of Hobart Town in Van Dieman's Land Notary Public by Royal
Authority duly admitted and sworn Do hereby Certify and Attest unto all whom it
may concern that the foregoing is a true and faithful Copy agreeing word for word
and figure for figure with the Original Documents to me this day produced and
after due examination returned as I do attest under my Notarial Form and Seal of
Office to serve and avail where need may require. Done and Passed at Hobart Town
aforesaid the twenty-third day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Josh. Allport, Not. Pub.