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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

Puketona Block (Black and Green), Bay of Islands District

1838. 13 August. Bay of Islands District. Puketona Block (Black and Green), Bay of Islands District.

Bay of Islands August 13th, 1838.
Puketona.Black and Green. [300 acres.]Know all men that we Aropiro and Wiorau Native chiefs of New Zealand have this day sold and demised for ever to Thomas Black and William Green their heirs and successors a plot or piece of Ground called Puke Tona, Bounded on the North and West by the River Waitangi, on the East by land belonging to Mr. James Busby and Henry Williams, page 173 on the South by land belonging to John Heke a Native Chief, and his brothers, with the Receipt. wood, water, and all that is above and below, containing by estimate three hundred acres more or less, the boundaries having been pointed out and agreed upon by the aforesaid parties, in consideration of Sixty Pounds in property the receipt of which we hereby acknowledge with our mark this day and date above written.

The mark of Te Aropiro.
The mark of Wiorau.
The mark of Repo.

Witness—

Signed Charles Baker.
Edward Marsh Williams.

A True Copy.

Henry Tacy Kemp.