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Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

(Enclosure 5 in No. 398.) — Conveyance from John McDougall to Messrs. Whitaker and Heale

(Enclosure 5 in No. 398.)
Conveyance from John McDougall to Messrs. Whitaker and Heale.

This Deed made the twenty-ninth day of May One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five 1865. 29 May. Te Kopu. Between John McDougall of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria of the one part and Frederick Whitaker and Theophilus Heale of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand of the other part Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Seventy-Five Pounds Sterling paid by the said Frederick Whitaker and Theophilus Heale to the said John McDougall (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) He the said John Receipt for £75. McDougall hereby conveys and transfers unto the said Frederick Whitaker and Theophilus Heale their heirs and assigns All the right title claim and interest of him the said John McDougall of and in all that piece of Land at Kopu on the River Thames in the Colony of New Zealand formerly granted to Peter Abercrombie and by him transferred to Roderick McKenzie and by him transferred to the said John McDougall In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names.

John MacDougall.

Signed by the said John McDougall in the presence of—
Wm. Moore Bell, Merchant, Melbourne.

May 30th 1865.

Edward Tyson, Clerk to Banks Bros. Bell and Co., Melbourne.

New Grant to be made in favour of Messrs. Whitaker and Heale. A.D. July 3/66.Endorsement.

A True Transcript of Certified Copies of Original Deed and five Enclosures.No. 29c.O.L.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington,24th September, 1878.