[Declaration of Josiah Pratt Hamlin]

• 1. That I am a duly licensed Interpreter under the Native Lands Act, 1865 and '67.
• 2. That I was present on the first day of March, 1873, and did see Heni Ngaone sign the within-written Deed of conveyance and annexed translation thereof, and that before she signed it I carefully interpreted and explained the contents thereof to her, and that the contents were fully understood by her previous to her execution thereof.
• 3. That I was also present on the 17th day of March, and did see Whakarongo sign the within-written Deed of Conveyance and annexed translation thereof, and that before she signed it I carefully interpreted and explained the contents thereof to her.
• 4. That the said Deed of Conveyance and annexed translation thereof, dated 15th July, 1872, was, on the 1st day of March and 17th day of March, signed by the said Heni Ngaone and Whakarongo, in the presence of myself and of George Ashley, Clerk, and of William Ellison, Surveyor, and that they are male European adults, and that we subscribed our names as the witnesses to their respective executions thereof.

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I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866," and the Native Lands Act now in force in New Zealand.