Translation.
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.]