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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

Translation

page 155

Translation.

Know all men by this paper. We Kea, Hiamoe, and Paora Hako do give over a portion 1836. 29 September.Waipuna. of land to William Williams or Porata, to his children and his seed for ever with the sacred places of that part also. These are the boundaries of the place. The Waipuna, [20 acres.] Poka, Taumatataraire, Toutoka, Pouaru, te Ketewai, o Rahiri-iti. These are the payments Receipt. £4—Four Pounds in Cash, Four Blankets, Four Hatchets, Three Axes, Three Hoes. This place was sold on the Twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. These are our signatures and marks whereby we agree to this Paper.

[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]

True Translation.

Henry Tacy Kemp.

A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Translation.No. 248b.O.L.C

Wellington, 3rd February, 1879.

H. Hanson Turton.