Translation.
1839. 30 November.
Hear
all men this hook. James Kemp Tupe hath made over to James ShepherdPohue. James Shepherd.
Missionary of Wangaroa his place called the Pohue to be a place for James Shepherd, the place and all things growing on the place for him to sell or give to his children or anything else that he may please.Boundaries. [30 acres.]
The boundaries of the place now made over to Shepherd are these: on the North the place made over by Johnson to the said James Shepherd to Ohakiri: on the West the river: on the South the valley near the Karaka, following the main ridge round to the rock called Ohakiri, including a part of Ohakiri.Receipt.
The payment for the place received by James Kemp Tupe are these: 1 pit saw, 1 hand saw, 1 tenon saw, 1 long plane, 1 short plane, 1 Jacket, 1 pr. Trousers, and 1 Waistcoat.And because the place now paid for by Shepherd shall be for ever his to do with it whatsoever he may please therefore we give our names and our marks to this book in the year 1839, in the month called November on the thirtieth day.
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No. 333 f.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
Wellington, 25th July, 1879.H. Hanson Turton.