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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

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1834. 10 February.Wakateka.Hear all men this document which has been written by us Ahitahi, Hauwere and others on one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other side: This document has been written on the tenth day of the month called February in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1834. This document has been written by us Ahitahi and others on one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other side, for a true sign to us all and to all men likewise. They Ahitahi and others have let go to Mr. Clarke, to the children of Mr. Clarke, and to all their generations for ever a portion of land containing ten acres more or less. The name of the place is Wakateka: the great name is the Waimate. The boundary of the said land Boundaries. [10 acres.] is the sacred place on one side, the cultivation of Tiro and others on one side, and the great road on one side. Ahitahi and others have let go this land to Mr. Clarke, to the children of Mr. Clarke, the land and all things growing on the said land. Mr. Clarke Receipt. has given these things to Ahitahi and others as payment for the land which has been let go, Two blankets, two iron pots, two hoes, two axes, thirty figs of tobacco, ten pipes. That this document &c. &c.

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