[Declaration of William Henry Grace
Declaration 1 of W. Hy. Grace. I, William Henry Grace, of Shortland, in the District of Hauraki,
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 Act Amendment Act, 1870," do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: —
1. That I was present, together with Gerald O'Halloran, of Shortland aforesaid,
agent, a male adult, and did see Honi Mahia, mentioned, and described in the
within-written Deed, sign and execute the said Deed. 2. That the signature Hone
Mahia, set and subscribed to the within-written Deed, is of the proper
handwriting of the said Hone Mahia. 3. That immediately before the execution of
the said Deed by the said Hone Mahia, I did interpret the same to him into the
Maori language. And my translation thereof was correct, and was understood by
the said Hone Mahia. 4. That the signatures W. H. Grace, Gerald O'Halloran, set
and subscribed to the said within-written Deed, as witnesses attesting the due
execution thereof, are of the proper handwriting of the said Gerald O'Hallbran
and of me this declarant; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the above-named Acts of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, and of a certain other Act of the said General
Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."
W. H. Grace.
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Made and declared at Shortland, in the province aforesaid, this
twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
Before me—
E. W. Puckey,
One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for.the Colony of New
Zealand.