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

Assignment of One-third to the Church Missionary Society

Assignment of One-third to the Church Missionary Society.

1841. 5 April.

This

day the Fifth of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and

Assignment of one-third to the Church Missionary Society.

Forty-one, I William Thomas Fairburn do assign to the Church Missionary Society for the benefit of the New Zealand Mission, one third of. the whole purchase of land included in the Deed on the other side of this document to be appropriated by them as they may think proper and to be enjoyed by them in perpetuity. The boundaries of the above named portion of land to be determined as soon as the country shall be surveyed.

Witness my hand—

(Signed) William Thomas Fairburn.