1845. 31 December.Auckland District.Kohiraunui No. 2.Thomas Power.This Deed made this 31st day of December in the year of our Lord 1845. Between Te Kauwau Te Keene and Te Hira Native Chiefs of the Nga te Whatua tribe resident near Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand of the one part And Thomas Power of Auckland aforesaid Settler of the other part Whereas the said Native Chiefs Te Kauwau, Te Keene, and Te Hira are rightfully seised of the fee simple and inheritance of and in the piece or parcel of land hereinafter described according to the Native customs of New Zealand And whereas the said Native Chiefs Te Kawau, Te Keene, and Te Hira have contracted with the said Thomas Power for the absolute sale to him of the said piece or parcel of land hereinafter described for the price or sum of Four Pounds Sixteen Shillings Sterling who hath requested a Conveyance thereof in manner hereinafter contained Now this Deed witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Receipt for £4 16s. said sum of £4 . 16 . 0 sterling paid to the said Native Chiefs Te Kauwau, Te Keene and Te Hira by the said Thomas Power (the receipt whereof they do and each of them doth respectively acknowledge) They the said Native Chiefs Te Kauwau, Te Keene and Te Hira do and each of them doth hereby convey and assure unto the said Thomas Power his heirs and assigns for ever All that piece or parcel of land situate near Epsom in the vicinity of Auckland aforesaid containing by admeasurement sixty-six acres two Boundaries. [66a. 2r. 30p.] roods and thirty perches more or less Bounded on the North by land belonging to Mr. D. Donohoue on the East by Crown land and land belonging to Mr. Murray on the South by a road and land belonging to Mr. Beveridge and on the West by land belonging to Mr. Hart as the same is more particularly delineated in the plan drawn in the margin of the deed Together with all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining And the said Thomas Power doth hereby declare that no Widow whom he may leave shall be entitled to Dower out of the piece or parcel of land hereby conveyed or any part thereof And they the said Native Chiefs Te Kauwau, Te Keene and Te Hira do and each of them doth hereby covenant and declare to and with the said Thomas Power his heirs and assigns that they the said Native Chiefs Te Kawau, Te Keene and Te Hira have and each of them 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 page 493and described unto the said Thomas Power his heirs and assigns for ever In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names.