Translation.
1839. 18 March.
Understand
all men that Waraki and John Heke do hereby make over to Mr. DavisKaweitahi.
and his generations for ever a portion of timber land in the district of Waimate, bearingRichard Davis.
the name of Kaweitahi in size ten acres more or less. This woodland do Waraki and John (Hone) Heke make over to Mr. Davis and his generations on the eighteenth of[10 acres.]
March (18th March) in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ One thousand eight hundredReceipt for £15.
and thirty-nine. The payment is Ten Pounds to John Heke and Five Pounds to Waraki, given some time previously. This woodland is surrounded by land purchased by Mr. Davis previously of the natives and is near Swanaton.[Witnesses.]
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