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

(Enclosure No. 18.)

(Enclosure No. 18.)

1838. 9 January. Pokehemua.

Block

—Poke Hemua, Waimate District.

Boundaries—"On the South, the cultivation of Wai and others till it reaches the Wood; on the East, five hundred yards is the boundary; the boundary to the East is the Wood till it reaches the water called Towai; the West, the Pari till it reaches the Towai; the North, the Towai. The great name of the place Pokehemua."

Payment—£3 of money; three spades two razors, three looking glasses, four axes, seven blankets, six combs, one box.

Signatures—Tupinia, Toenga, Atua, and George Clarke.

Witnesses—Ripeka, Joanna Bloomfield, Aperahama Kouka.