Translation.
1836. 22 January.Auckland District.Know all men who may see this Document that we Tuiri,
the chief and Tamaki.his people called Ngatitawaki, Herua, the chief and his people called
Urikaraka, Hauauru, the chief and his people called Matekiwaho do give up entirely
and sell to Mr. Fairburn that portion W. T. Fairburn. of land called Tamaki,
bordering on Waitemata, and all places within the boundaries which are herein
mentioned; likewise the land, and the trees, and the rivers, and all things above
and below that portion of land which is herein written; for him and for his
children for ever, to cultivate, sell, or do with as they please.
Boundaries. [40,000 acres.]Now the boundaries of that
portion of land which we hereby sell are these. The whole of the dragging place at
Otahuhu, go on from thence to the Ararata, from thence to the Awatiotio, from
thence to Papakura; go on from thence to Rangiuru; from thence to the Wairoa; from
thence to Wakakaiwera; from thence to Umupuia; from thence to the Poho; from
thence to Maraitai; from thence to Motukaraka; from thence to Awakarihi; from
thence to Mangimangiroa; from thence to Tawakamana; from thence to Waipapa; from
thence to Okokino; from thence to the Panahoroiiwi; from thence to the River
Wangamatau: continue on from thence to Otahuhu where it ends. That portion of land
to the Eastward is bordered by the sea called Mimirua flowing towards Hauraki:
that to the Westward is bounded by Manukau: that to the Southward is bounded by
the river Wairoa.
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We Tuiri and people, Herua and people, Hauauru and people, have received as
payment for that portion of land, for Tamaki, Ninety Blankets, Twenty-four Axes,
Twenty-four Adzes, Twenty-six Hoes, Fourteen Spades, Eighty Dollars, Nine hundred
Receipt. pounds Tobacco, Twenty-four Combs, Twelve
Plane irons. Witness our signatures written this day the Twenty-second of January
in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-six New Zealand.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]