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

Translation

Translation.

1836. 15 February.

Learn

all men from this document which has been drawn up as a token that Makutahi

Kaihu (Part of).

do hereby make over a portion of land to Mr. Davis and his posterity for ever, bearing the name of Kaihu. It is in size six acres more or less. And these are the boundaries

Richard Davis.

of the land: Kaihu Stream on the West: Samuel Davis’s land on the South, even to the

Boundaries [6 acres.]

Wood: from thence to Makutahi’s plantation of maize, and in that direction to the brook Kaihu. This is the payment given to Makutahi: 1 double blanket, 2 adzes,

Receipt.

3 razors, 3 shaving boxes, 12 combs. That this paper may be correct being drawn up on the 15th day of February in the year of our Lord 1835. Also 1 blanket more.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]