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

Te Koutu No. 2 Block, Te Puna, Bay of Islands District

Te Koutu No. 2 Block, Te Puna, Bay of Islands District.

1834. 27 December. Bay of Islands District.

The

following Agreement entered into this Twenty-Seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four years between Captain D. Salmon Ship master

Koutu No. 2.

of the Barque Earl Stanhope of Sydney and the chiefs Waikato and Uriheke sheweth

David Salmon.

that the said chiefs agree to sell and deliver up all claim to a piece of land called the Koutu situated at Tepuna in the Bay of Islands bounded on the East and West side

[1 acre.]

by Philip King’s purchase partly on the Top side by Mr. Hansen’s to a ridge which leads to the sea and on all the other sides by the sea including the point of rocks in connection therewith, in consideration of the said Captain D. Salmon paying to the said

chiefs One Cask of Tobacco, four pair Blankets four Spades four hoes, a Bag of Shot and two iron pots for and in consideration of the above mentioned articles which we hereby acknowledge to have received. In Witness hereof we hereby set our hands the

Receipt.

said Twenty-Seventh day of December One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-four years.