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

(Enclosure No. 5.) — Release from the Kumutoto Natives to the New Zealand Company

( Enclosure No. 5.)
Release from the Kumutoto Natives to the New Zealand Company.

Kua

homai ki a matou i te 26 o nga ra o Pepuere i te tau 1844 e nga kai whakariterite

1844. 26 February. Port Nicholson.

o te whakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri ( William Wakefield) e te kai mahi o taua whakaminenga, e rua rau pauna moni, he

Receipt for £200.

tino utunga he tino whakaritenga he whakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa, i o matou wahi katoa i roto i o matou whenua katoa kua tuhituhia ki roto ki te pukapuka kua whakapiria ki tenei nei, ara ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni. Ko nga Pa ia, ko nga ngakinga, ko nga wahi tapu, ko nga wahi rongoa anake e toe ki a inatou, a ka whakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku wenua a muri nei me e kiia mai kia tuhia e matou ki nga kai whakariterite o taua whakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua whenua, heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou ko nga wahi anake kua korerotia ra i mua.

Wiremu Tako.
Ko Rakau.

On behalf of the remaining Natives of Kumutoto—

George Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa o nga Kai Titiro i enei tuhinga ingoa—
Willm. Spain

,

Commissioner

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George Clarke, Junior, Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith,
Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commr's. Court.
Arthur T. Holroyd, Barrister at Law,

Wellington

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Saml. Ironside, Minister

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Thomas Fitzgerald,
Assistant Surveyor attached to the Commissioner.