Translation.
Friend Governor Grey,—
Otaki, 16th August, 1848.Greeting! It is a perfect consenting on our part that Witireia shall be given
1848. 16 August. Porirua District.
up to the Bishop for a College.We give it up not merely as a place for the Bishop for the time being, but in
continuation
Witireia.
for those Bishops who shall follow and fill up his place, to the end thatGift of land for a Native College.
Religion and faith in Christ may grow, and that it may be, as it were a shelter against uncertain storms that is against the evils of this world. This is the full and final giving up of that place, as a College for the Bishops of the Church of England.Te Rauparaha.
Tamihana Te Rauparaha.
Matene.
Hoani Te
Okoro.
Wiremu Kanae.
Rawiri Puaha.
Watarauihi
Nohorua.
Rawiri Hikihiki.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, October 15th, 1875.