Translation.
1835. 21 January. Pouerua.
Know all men by this paper of ours, viz. Hepatahi, Tao, Kamera, &c. &c., that we do give over and sell to Mr. Williams, to his children, and his seed for ever, the LandHenry Williams.
called Pouerua, and the land adjoining it on either side, for them to reside on, to work[3,000 acres.]
on, to sell, or do what they like with. These are the names of the Boundaries, Rangaunu, Rotopotaka, Mehameha &c. &c. &c. (as in Original); all these places are includedReceipt.
in the purchase. This is the payment which we have received, Ninety Blankets, Two hundred Dollars, Four Cows, Two Casks of Tobacco, Seven hundred pipes, Twenty-five Iron pots, Twenty-six axes, Twenty-six Hoes, Eight Adzes, Six Spades, Four pr. Scissors, Eleven Knives, Twelve Books. We sign our names and our marks on this twenty-first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.[Signatures.]
[Witnesses.]
True Translation.
Henry Kemp.
No. 245 a.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, 29th January, 1879.