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

(Enclosure in No. 409.) — Conveyance from Te Kiwi to J. V. Cowell, of Kawhia

(Enclosure in No. 409.)
Conveyance from Te Kiwi to J. V. Cowell, of Kawhia.

1840. 11 January.Kawhia District.Ponewe.This Indenture made the eleventh day of January in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty, Between E Kiwi Chief of the tribe of Waicatto in J. V. Cowell. New Zealand and John Vittoria Cowell of Kawhia in New Zealand Merchant, page 377Witnesseth that in consideration of one cask of Tobacco, forty Spades, forty Axes, eight Casks powder, Ten pieces print, ten pieces Handkerchiefs, forty Iron pots, ten pair Blankets, six Muskets, twenty Cartouch Boxes, one dozen pair trowsers, one dozen frocks, one dozen shirts, one thousand flints, one thousand pipes, two cedar chests &c. &c. to the said E. Kiwi Chief of the tribe of Waicatto New Zealand, given and paid by the said John Vittoria Cowell, at or immediately before the execution hereof, the receipt whereof the said E. Kiwi Chief of the tribe of Waicatto doth acknowledge, Receipt. He the said E. Kiwi Chief of the tribe of Waicatto doth give grant sell enfeoff make over and confirm unto the said John Vittoria Cowell all that parcel of Land containing Twenty Thousand acres of land more or less situate at Kawhia in New Zealand, bounded Boundaries. [20,000 acres.] towards the North porero, houraki, kareri atua, and the sand hills, towards the East, by the river Kawhia, towards the South, manahihi, taiia te moko, and the sand hills, and towards the West by the sea side, Together with all rights privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging and all the estate right title and interest of him the said E. Kiwi Chief of the tribe of Waicatto therein and thereto To hold the same unto the said John Vittoria Cowell as tenant in common and his several and respective Heirs and assigns for ever in as full ample and beneficial a manner to all intents and purposes whatsoever as he the E. Kiwi Chief of the Tribe of Waicatto could have held and enjoyed the same, if these presents had not been made. In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

his E. x Kiwi.
mark his Porima x mark.

Signed, sealed and delivered by the above named E. Kiwi having been previously fully explained to him in the presence of—

Witness—

John Smith.

Edward Stockman.

No. 1,353.O.L.C. A True Copy of Original Deed and Enclosure.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington,20th August, 1878. [Note.—The claim for 20,000 acres founded on this Native deed was not referred to any Commissioner for investigation.—Ed.]