Declaration of James W. Preece.I James Wathen Preece of the City of Auckland in the Province of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand a duly Licensed Interpreter under the Native Lands Act 1865 The Native Lands Act 1867 The Native Lands Act Amendment Act 1868 The Native Lands Act 1869 and The Native Lands Amendment Act 1870 or some one or more of them do solemnly and sincerely declarer—

1.	That I was present together with James Mackay Junior of Auckland aforesaid Native Land Purchase Agent a male adult and John Richard William Guilding of Shortland in the said Province and Colony Land Agent also a male adult and did see Kerei Te Tuhi Te Torone Hare Renata Tarehinu Tautoru Tawa and Te Pukewa All mentioned and described in the within written deed sign seal execute and deliver the said deed and also sign the plan annexed thereto and hereto and marked A being the plan of the "Opango Block" mentioned and referred to in the said within written Deed.page 486
2.	That the signature Kerei te Tuhi "te Torone" "Hare Renata" "Tarehinu" Tautoru Tawa and "Te Pukeroa" set and subscribed to the said within written Deed and plan and annexed thereto and hereto are of the proper handwriting of the said Kerei te Tuhi Te Torone Hare Renata Tarehinu Tautoru Tawa and Te Pukeroa respectively and that the seals set opposite to the said signatures in the within written Deed were affixed by them thereto respectively.
3.	That the signatures James Maekey Junior J. W. R. Guilding and J. W. Preece set and subscribed to the said within written deed and plan annexed thereto and hereto as the witnesses attesting the due execution thereof respectively are of the respective proper handwriting of the said James Mackay Junior John William Richard Guilding and me this declarant respectively.
4.	That immediately before the execution of the said deed and plan by the said parties as aforesaid I did interpret the same to them into the Maori language and explained to them in the Maori language that the plan annexed thereto and hereto was the plan mentioned and referred to in the said deed and my translation and explanation thereof was correct and understood by the said parties so signing sealing executing and delivering as aforesaid And I make this seleron declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the above mentioned Acts of the General Assembly of New Zealand and of a certain other Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Justices of the Peace Act 1866.