This Deed made the Eighteenth day of September in the year 1844 Between Weteri a 1844. 18 September.Auckland District.Mount Hobson(Land near).John scott. Native Chief of Waikato in the Colony of New Zealand of the one part And John Scott of Shortland Crescent Auckland in the said Colony Merchant of the other part Whereas the said Weteri is rightfully seized of the fee simple and inheritance of and in the piece page 456or parcel of Land hereinafter described according to the Native customs of New Zealand And Whereas the said Weteri hath contracted with the said John Scott for the absolute sale to him of the said piece or parcel of Land hereinafter described for the Receipt for £20. price or sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling who hath requested a Conveyance thereof in manner hereinafter contained Now this Deed witnesseth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling paid to the said Weteri by the said John Scott (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) He the said Weteri doth hereby convey and assure unto the said John Scott his heirs and assigns for ever All that piece Boundaries. [16a. 3r. 2p.] or parcel of Land situate near the Epsom Road in the vicinity of Auckland aforesaid containing by admeasurement Sixteen acres three roods and two perches Bounded on the North by Land belonging to Charles De Witte Two thousand Nine hundred and Seventy-three links On the East by Land the property of Mr. Dilworth Five hundred and thirty links On the West by Mr. Turner's Land Five hundred and eighty links On the South West by Land the property of Mr. Hare Eighty-seven links and on the South by other part of Mr. Hare's Land as aforesaid and by Native land Three thousand and eighty-four links be the said several admeasurements a little more or less and as the same are more particularly delineated in the Plan thereof drawn in the margin hereof Together with all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining And the said John Scott doth hereby declare that no Widow whom he may leave shall be entitled to dower out of the said piece or parcel of Land hereby conveyed or any part thereof And he the said Weteri doth hereby covenant and declare to and with the said John Scott his heirs and assigns that he the said Weteri hath according to the Native customs of New Zealand good right full power and lawful and absolute authority to convey and assure the said piece or parcel of land hereinbefore mentioned and described unto the said John Scott his heirs and assigns for ever In Witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto subscribed their names.