[Declaration of Herbert William Brabant]

I, Herbert William Brabant, of Opotiki, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

• 1. That I hold a certificate authorizing me to act as Interpreter under "The Native Declaration of Herbert William Brabant. Lands Act, 1865," and "the Native Lands Act, 1867."
• 2. That I was present together with William Thomas Mason, of Opotiki, Clerk to the Bench, and did see Manihera Maiki, a party to the within-written instrument, sign the same.
• 3. That immediately before the signing of the written Memorandum of Lease by the said Manihera Maiki, I did faithfully interpret the said Memorandum of Lease into the Maori language unto him, and that my interpretation was correct and was understood by him.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the above-recited Acts and of "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."