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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

Tuwheranui Block, Waikare, Bay of Islands District

Tuwheranui Block, Waikare, Bay of Islands District.

This Agreement made this 29th of August 1839 Between Charles Korokora a Native 1839. 29 August.Bay of Islands District. Chief of Paroa Bay of the one part and Benjamin, Louis Sulpice Duvauchelle of the other part Withesseth that for and in consideration of the following property viz. Tuwheranui.B. L. S. Duvauchelle.Receipt. One double barrel percussion (Gun 4 Blankets 1 Piece of Print 2 percussion Pistols 4 Woolen Shirts 6 Handkerchiefs 1 pr. of Trowsers 2 Shirts 1 keg Tobacco and £10 in money to be duly and truly paid by the said B. L. S. Duvauchelle to the said Native Chief Charles Korokoro as above mentioned the said Native Chief Charles Korokoro as above mentioned does hereby promise and agree to sell and devise unto the said B. L. S. Duvauchelle his heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever And does by these presents sell and devise unto the said B. L. S. Duvauchelle his heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever All that piece or parcel of land known by the name of Tooheronui situate lying and being in the Bay of Islands and Bounded as follows: to Boundaries. [490 acres.] the West by the Waikadi River: to the North by Byron and Stuart's properties: North East by a track dividing that property from Charley Penney's: West by a track going to the top of a hill called Tiki Tiki, only the land on the other side belonging to Captain Clendon: South by Capt. Harvey's and Waikadi and a point called Mahi Mahi as far as Te eki point, And does hereby promise and agree to keep the said B. L. S. Duvauchelle in quiet and peaceable possession of the said piece or parcel of land called or known by the name of Tooheranui as aforesaid And the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals respectively this 29th day of August in the year of our Lord 1839. The said Charles Korokoro does further agree and bind himself to clear the land of all Natives that may live on it at the request of the purchaser.

William Korokoro. Charles Korokoro his x mark. l.s.
B. L. S. Duvauchelle. L.S.

Witnesses—

David Gibson Whyte.
John Roberton.
J. A. Duvauchelle.