[Declaration of James Mackay Jr.]
Declaration of James Mackay jun.
I the younger of Auckland in the Province of Auckland in New Zealand a duly authorized Interpreter under the Native Lands Act 1865, 1867, 1869, and 1870 do solemnly and sincerely declare—1st | That I was present on the eighteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy one together with Henry William Rowe of Shortland in the Province of Auckland aforesaid Licensed Surveyor a mal adult and did see Tamati Waka te Puhi, Rangitehau and Aherata te Mihinui named and described in the within written Deed duly sign and execute the same. |
2st | That the signature Tamati Waka te Puhi thereto subscribed was made by the said Tamati Waka te Puhi and the marks x x thereto set were made by the said Rangitehau and Aherata te Mihinui respectively. |
3st | That before the execution of the said Deed by the said Tamati Waka te Puhi, Rangitehau and Aherata te Mihinui I did translate the same to them into the Maori |
J ames M ackay, Jr.
Declared at Auckland in the Province aforesaid this ninth day of September one
thousand eight hundred and seventy one,
Before me
William C. Daldy,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.