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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

Deeds—No. 42

page 463

Deeds—No. 42.

Te Patu Block, Waiheke, Auckland District.

1844. 17 November.Auckland district.Te Aptu.Frederick Whitaker.Boundaries. [700 acres.]Know all men by these Presents that I the undersigned Native chief of New Zealand do by these Presents in consideration of Fifty Pounds sterling One cask of Tobacco and two pieces of Sail, Cloth sell convey and assure unto Frederick Whitaker of Auckland Gentleman his Heirs for ever All that piece or parcel of Land situate on the Northern side of the Island of Waiheki and called Te Patu, bounded on the North by the sea, on the East and South by other Land belonging to me, and on the West by the sea and which piece of land is more particularly described by the Plan hereunder drawn. Dated this 17th day of November a.d. 1844.

Ruinga Kahukoti.

Signed by the above named Ruinga (having been first duly interpreted) in the presence of—

C. Davis, Interpreter Auckland.
John Hales, Surveyor, Waiheki.

[Plan of the Land inserted here.]

Received fifty pounds in money, one cask of tobacco and two pieces of Sail Cloth. Receipt.

Nov. 17th 1844.

Ruinga Kahukoti.

A True Copy of Original Deed. No. 77P.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 23rd July, 1880.