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

(Enclosure 3 in No. 243.) — Transfer from G. F. Russell to Messrs. Mariner and Bowyer

(Enclosure 3 in No. 243.)
Transfer from G. F. Russell to Messrs. Mariner and Bowyer.

Know

all Men by these presents That I George Fredk. Russell of Hokianga in New

1838. 29 December. Pukeaitanga.Transfer to Mariner and Bowyer.

Zealand have this day sold unto Richard Mariner and Francis Bowyer (also of Hokianga aforesaid) All that piece or Parcel of Land &c. &c. &c. known by the name of Puki I tanga and fully described in the foregoing Deed hereto prefixed for themselfs their Heirs and Assigns for ever without let or hindrance from me my Heirs or assigns for ever in consideration of Sixty Thousand feet of Plank which I hereby acknowledge to have

Receipt.

received as a satisfactory and full payment for the Land &c. aforesaid from the said Richard Mariner and Francis Bowyer, this twenty-ninth day of December One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty-eight, as Witness my hand and seal.

George Frederick Russell. L.S.

Witnessed in the presence of—

J. S. Odeland.

A True Copy of Original Deed and Transfers. No. 159.O.L.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 26th November, 1878.