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

(Enclosure No. 14.) — Release from the Natives of Te Ikamaru to the New Zealand Company

(Enclosure No. 14.)
Release from the Natives of Te Ikamaru to the New Zealand Company.

Kua

homai ki a matou i te 29 o nga ra o Maehe i te tau 1844, e nga Kai Wakariterite

1844. 29 March. Port Nicholson.

o te Wakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri ( William Wakefield) e te Kai Mahi o taua Wakaminenga Kotahi Tekau nga Pauna moni, he tino

Receipt for £10.

utunga he tino wakaritenga he wakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa, i o matou wahi katoa i roto i o matou wenua katoa kua tuhituhia ki roto i te pukapuka kua wakapiria ki tenei nei, ara ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni: ko nga Pa ia, ko nga Ngakinga, ko nga Wahi Tapu ko nga Wahi Rongoa anake e toe ki a matou, a ka wakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku wenua a muri nei me e kiia mai kia tuhia e matou ki nga Kai Wakariterite o taua Wakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua wenua. Heoti ano nga wahi i waiho mo matou ko nga wahi anake kua korerotia ra i mua.

Aperahama Taupo tana x tohu.
Mone his x mark.
Petuha Kamaru tana x tohu.
Hakaraia Te Parua tana x tohu.

On behalf of the remaining Natives of Te Ikamaru—

George Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa enei o nga Kai Titiro i te tuhinga i nga ingoa—
Willm. Spain, Commissioner.
George Clarke, Junior, Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith,
Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commissioner.

[Copy of Schedule in Enclosure No. 4 was affixed to this Deed.—H. H. T.]

A True Copy of Original Deeds and Translations, or of Certified Transcripts. No. 374.O.L.C.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 21st October, 1879.