Translation.
1839. 25 September. Pateretere.Thomas Joyce. [4 acres.]
Hear
all men, this deed belongs to Thomas Joyce and William Toto who has let go and sold to Thomas Joyce a part of his land Waitangi Pateretere for him and his children for ever, to do as he pleases both with the things which are above and below that land.These are the boundaries. To the East the River Waitangi, to the West the River on the Missionaries' land, to the South the River Kohu, to the North it goes along by the side of Noah's and Felix's place.
Receipt.
Hearken all men to the payment given for this piece of land the name of which is Waitangi Pateretere, Four Pounds One Shilling.Let these signs and writings of mine be true which were written on the 25th day of the month September, and in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1839.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
Certificate. I certify that Robert Coles &c. &c. [as before].
True Translation.
J. Davis, Int.
No. 128 a.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, 25th August, 1880.