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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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1836. 4 March.Hokianga District.Hear all men this document of George Clarke together with Nene, Heke, Pihoi, Repa and Turau. We let go and sell also to George Clarke and to his children for ever to do whatever they like with a piece of land, and the things above and the things below this Whakanekeneke.George Clarke. [4,000 acres.] land. These are the boundaries. The boundary to the South the end of the Wood of the Wai Karaka; the boundary to the East, is the Puru, the brush land, till it reaches the Wai Pirau; the boundary to the North is Wai Pirau and going in the water till it reaches Wakanekeneke; the boundary to the West is Wakanekeneke. The great name of the place is Hokianga. These are the payments which we have received: thirty Receipt for cash and goods. Blankets, thirty pounds of money, ten spades, One Horse. Let this be sure signatures in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1836, in the fourth of the days of March.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

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J. Davis, Intr.