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

Translation

Translation.

1835. 6 November.

Know

all men by these presents that I Rewa give grant bargain and sell to the Revd. H. Williams

Kotia-Tangata No. 2.

on behalf of the Church Missy. Society to possess sell or to do with it whatsoever they please that piece of land upon which the church now stands called Kotia

Church of England Mission.

Tangata, at Kororareka, my property. Bounded on the North by the piece already sold, a part of Kotia Tangata. On the West by the Swamp. On the South by a line running

Boundaries.

from the swamp to Matauhi. On the East by Matauhi. Being ninety-six feet in breadth. Payment received by me Four Pounds and six shillings £4. 6 . 0. In Witness

Receipt for £4 6s.

whereof I have to these presents set my hand this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord 1835.

[Signatures.]

[Witnesses.]

True Translation.

Henry Tacy Kemp.

No. 299 a.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 15th April, 1879.