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.