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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 No. 4.) — Release from Te Aro Natives to the New Zealand Company

(Enclosure No. 4.)
Release from Te Aro Natives to the New Zealand Company.

Kua homai ki a matou i te rua tekau ma ono o nga ra o Pepueri i te tau 1844, e nga 1844. 26 February.Port Nicholson. kai wakariterite o te wakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri (William Wakefield) e te kai mahi o taua wakaminenga e toru rau Pauna Receipt for £300. Moni, he tino utunga he tino wakaritenga he wakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa i o matou wahi katoa i roto i o matou wenua katoa, kua tuhituhia ki roto ipage 406 te pukapuka, kua wakapiria ki tenei nei ara ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni. Ko nga Pa ia ko nga ngakinga ko nga wahi tapu ko nga wahi rongoa anako e toe ki a matou. A ka wakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku wenua a muri nei me e kiia mai kia tuhia ki nga kai wakariterite o taua wakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua wenua. Heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou ko nga wahi anake kua korerotia ra i mua.

Te A witu tana x tohu.
Mohi Ngaponga.
Hemi Parai tana x tohu.
Puihi tana x tonu.
Te Teira tana x tohu.
Pukahu his x mark.
Pomare.

On behalf of the rest of the Natives of Te Aro—

Geo. Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa o nga Kai Titiro i enei tuhinga ingoa—
Willm. Spain

, Commissioner.

Geo. Clarke Junior, Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith,
Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commr's. Court.
Samuel Ironside, Minister of the Pa, Te Aro.
Arthur T. Holroyd, Barrister at Law,

Wellington.

Thomas FitzGerald,
Assistant Surveyor attached to the Commissioner.