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

(Enclosure in No. 405.) โ€” Aotea Mission-station Deed of Whakatapu

(Enclosure in No. 405.)
Aotea Mission-station Deed of Whakatapu.

Aotea Hune 12, 1840.

1840. 12 June.Wesleyan Mission.

Kua

riro mai inaianei e rua Pauna moni hei whakatapu mo tenei kainga mo nga rakau hei hanga ware mo te Mihinere. Ma te Kawana e wakarite.

Aperahama his mark x.
Te Matera his mark x.
Te Moke.
Te Haratua.

Signed in the presence ofโ€”

John H. Bumby.

John Whiteley.

H. Hanson Turton.

(Sketch of the land here given.)

No. 390 n.O.L.C.A True Transcript of Official Copy of Original Deed and Enclosure.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 9th December, 1879.