1838. 13 August. Bay of Islands District. Puketona Block (Black and Green), Bay of Islands District.
Bay of Islands
August 13th, 1838.
Puketona.Black and Green. [300 acres.]
Know
all men that we Aropiro and Wiorau Native chiefs of New Zealand have this day sold and demised for ever to Thomas Black and William Green their heirs and successors a plot or piece of Ground called Puke Tona, Bounded on the North and West by the River Waitangi, on the East by land belonging to Mr. James Busby and Henry Williams, on the South by land belonging to John Heke a Native Chief, and his brothers, with theReceipt.
wood, water, and all that is above and below, containing by estimate three hundred acres more or less, the boundaries having been pointed out and agreed upon by the aforesaid parties, in consideration of Sixty Pounds in property the receipt of which we hereby acknowledge with our mark this day and date above written.The mark of
Te Aropiro.
The mark of
Wiorau.
The mark of
Repo.
Witness—
Signed Charles Baker.
Edward Marsh Williams.
A True Copy.