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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. 27 July.Tongariro.Attend all men to this paper which has been written by us Moka on one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other. This paper has been written on the twenty-seventh day of the month called July in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1834. This paper has been written by us Moka and others on one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other for a true sign to us all and to all men likewise. There has been Receipt. delivered by them Moka and others to Mr. Clarke, to the children of Mr. Clarke, to all their generations for ever a portion Boundaries. [20 acres.] of land twenty acres more or less. The name of the place Tongariro: the great name Waimate. The boundary of the said land has been paced over: on one side the portion of land purchased by Mr. Clarke (of Tupinia): on one side the line of Mr. Hamlin’s portion: on one side the place of Moka and others: on one side the large drain in the middle of Moka’s cultivation. This place has been delivered by Moka and others to Mr. Clarke, to the children of Mr. Clarke, the land and all things growing upon the said land. Mr Clarke gives to Moka and others as payment for the land which has been delivered: one cask of Tobacco, its weight two hundred pounds: the payment for the sacred place 4 dollars. That this paper may be most sure our names have been written by us, and the nanies of the witnesses of the purchase.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]