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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

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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.