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

Translation

Translation.

Kaitaia Decr. 18th, 1839.

Know

all men by this Agreement made by us Nopera Panakareao &c. &c. on the one

1839. 18 December. Mangonui District.

side and Richard Matthews on the other side, made this eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, that we Nopera Panakareao &c. on the one side and Richard Matthews on the other side have made the

Matako.

said Agreement to certify to all whom it may concern that we Nopera Panakareao

Richard Matthews.

&c., &c., have sold, and do hereby sell, to Richard Matthews, his heirs and assigns for over a piece of land with all trees, streams, minerals, tenements and hereditaments appertaining or belonging thereunto, or hereafter to be found upon or in the said land. The extent of the said land being three thousand (3,000) acres more or less and being known by the native name of Matako Kokopairoa. Boundaries—the River of Pairatahi

Boundaries.

proceeding to One Wero Wero, the Waimatapo, proceeding to the Pera. The following Articles have also been received by us Nopera Panakareao &c. as payment for the said

Receipt.

Land, namely, One Cask Tobacco, one thousand six hundred pipes, three pounds money. The total value in money being twenty-eight pounds (£28).

True Translation.

H. Tacy Kemp.

A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deeds and Translations. No. 164.O.L.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 29th November, 1878.