Translation.
1844. 26 February.Port Nicholson.We have received on the 26th of the days of February in the
year 1844 from the Directors of the Company of New Zealand at London, the payment
being made by
Receipt for £300.
William Wakefield the agent of the
said Company Three Hundred Pounds Money, a full payment, a full satisfaction, an
absolute surrender of all our title to all our claims in all our Lands which are
written in the document affixed to this vizt. all the places at Port Nicholson and
in the neighbourhood of Port Nicholson in New Zealand; and on the other hand the
Pas, the cultivations, the sacred places, and the places reserved will remain
alone for us. And we consent ourselves to write our names in a Land conveying
document hereafter if asked to write them to the Directors of the said Company of
all our claims within the said lands. The only places left for us are those above
mentioned.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
I certify the above to be a correct translation of the accompanying document.
George Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.