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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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Translation.

This Deed written on the 12th of January in the year 1845 (contains) the consent of 1845. 12 January.Tarataroa Island.C. H. McIntosh. [400 acres.] us the Chiefs and people of the tribes Ngatipaoa and Ngatitai, the consent also of Charles Hunter McIntosh on his own behalf. Whereas the chiefs and people of Ngatipaoa and Ngatitai are the owners of the Islands mentioned in this deed, they the said chiefs and people do hereby consent to sell these Islands to Charles Hunter McIntosh as payment for £32 Cash, 10 Blankets, 1 piece Calico, 4 Sheep (ewes) 1 Sheep (ram) delivered to the chiefs and tribes Therefore we give up to Charles Hunter McIntosh Clerk of the Survey Office, to him and to his successors for ever those Islands (called) Tarataroa and Kahakaha with all things above or below those Islands right down to low water mark on every side of those islands As Witness our names and marks.

[Signatures.]

[Witnesses.]

We have received the articles mentioned in this Deed as payment for Tarataroa and Kahakaha the Island which we have sold, viz. £32 Cash 10 Blankets 1 piece Calico 1845. 8 October.Receipt. 4 Ewes and 1 Ram. We therefore subscribe our names and marks on this the 8th day of October 1845.

[Signatures.]

[Witnesses.]

A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed. No. 84P.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 12th July, 1880.