This Indenture made the Twentieth day of March in the year of Our Lord One 1839. 20 March.Hokianga District. Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty-Nine Between Taku a Native Chief of the Wirinaki near the Oparo.John Leef. River Hokianga and Kaihu also a Native Chief of same place near the River Hokianga aforesaid in New Zealand of the one part and John Leef of the Hokianga aforesaid of the other part Whereas the said Taku and the said Kaihu for the purchase thereof at or for the Sum of Ten Pounds but as no conveyance hath yet page 262 been made he hath requested that the same may be in manner hereafter mentioned Now this Indenture Witnesseth that in pursuance of the said agreement and for and in consideration of the said Sum of Ten Pounds or to that amount in property as follows (prefering it to cash) Viz. One Cask of Powder, Six Shirts, Six Spades to the Receipt. said Taku and the said Kaihu hereby well and truly paid Paid by the said John Leef the receipt whereof the said Taku and the said Kaihu Doth hereby acknowledge They the said Taku and Kaihu Hath bargained Sold and Assigned And by these presents doth bargain Sell and Assign unto the said John Leef his Executors Administrators and Assigns All that piece or parcel of Ground lying and being situated on the River Wirinaki Boundaries. [200 acres.] near its junction with the River Hokianga and known by the name of Oparo, and bounded by the River Wirinaki in front by a line by compass bearing East North East from the Rock to the first ridge of Hills which divides it from the Land belonging to Robert Angus: commencing at the point of land or Rock near the junction of the Rivers Wodinaki and Hokianga and running up the River Wodinaki to a place known by the name of Mutuiropapa and from thence by a line by compass bearing East and by North to a hill called Motoronui on the first ridge and on the back by the Ridge of Hills, Together with all and singular houses outhouses edifices buildings gardens yards fences ways paths—passages Timber Waters Watercourses pepe grounds rights profits advantages emoluments and appurtenances to the said piece or parcel of Ground hereditaments and premises belonging or in any wise appurtaining or therewith or with any part thereof now or hereafter holden occupied or enjoyed as part parcel or member thereof And to have and to hold the same the said piece or parcel of ground and other the Premises hereby Assigned or intended so to be with their Appurtenances unto the said John Leef his executors administrators and assigns from henceforth for all such term and terms of years estate or interest Which they the said Taku and Kaihu hath now or may have therein, in the same in as full ample beneficial a manner to all intents and purposes whatsoever as they the said Taku and Kaihu might or could have held or enjoyed the same if these presents had not been made And the said Taku and the said Kaihu Doth hereby for themselves their Heirs executors Administrators and Assigns covenant and declare to and with the said John Leef his executors administrators and assigns by these presents in manner following that is to say that he the said John Leef his executors administrators and assigns Shall and lawfully may at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly enter upon and enjoy all and singular the said premises with the Appurtenances and take and receive the rents issues and profits thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit without any hindrance molestation or interuption whatsoever from the said Taku and the said Kaihu or any person or persons whatsoever And the said Taku and the said Kaihu their executors administrators and assigns to do everything in their power to secure and protect the said John Leef his Executors administrators and assigns in the peaceable and quiet enjoyment of and in the said piece or parcel of Ground. In Witness Whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first within written.