Translation.
Know all people by this book by us Ripi W. G. Puckey written on the 19th of
December 1839. 19 December. in the year of our Lord 1839. This Book is written shewing that we Ripi
have sold to Mr. Puckey a piece of land known by the name of Pukepoto, containing
one Pukepoto. G.W. Puckey. thousand acres more or less. Bounded on the West by the river of Pukepoto
until [800 acres.] you come to the Tanonge: on the North Tangonge: on the East the water of
Piripiri: on the South the water of the Matamau. Payment, £14. sterling,14
Blankets, 1 Cow Receipt.
page 56and Calf (amounting to Forty-five
Pounds). The land for Mr. Puckey and his children and for the Natives and their
children.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
No. 325A.O.L.C.A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton
Wellington, 5th July, 1879.