Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

Deeds—No. 217

Deeds—No. 217.

Kohokoe Block, Pomare's Bay, Bay of Islands District.

1839. 30 September. Bay of Islands District.

Know

all men by these presents that I the undersigned Chief belonging to Mongonue in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, known by the name of Wairaki do hereby bargain sell and bequeath unto Benjamin Evans Turner to his Executors heirs and assigns To

Kohokoe.B. E. Turner.Boundaries. [80 acres.]

have and to hold the lawful and peaceful possession now and for ever All that piece of land being at a place called "Kohokoe" and bounded on the East by the land of E Haua, and on the North West and North by the land of Joseph Henry Baisden, on the South West South and South East by the waters forming the Bay of Islands and known as Pomarree's Bay. The undersigned doth agree in consideration of the sum of Forty Pounds Sterling the coin of Great Britain well and truly paid and the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged in the presence of the undersigned Witnesses and he does feel himself perfectly satisfied with the above payment made by Benjn. E. Turner aforesaid and he the said Wairaki doth give peaceable and quiet possession of the said piece of land and doth give full power unto the said Benjn. E. Turner to be held by him

his heirs executors or assigns to be held independent of any claims or demands that may be brought against the said piece or parcel of land now or at any future period by the said Wairaki his heirs or any other claimants for ever. In Witness hereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine in the presence of the undersigned. This land contains about eighty acres, about one half fenced in, about 12 acres in cultivation and one small house on the ground.