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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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1838. 15 May.Pakaraka (Adjoining).This is a book (or paper) conveying over to Mr. Williams a portion of our land, for him and his children for ever, with the things above and below it. This s the Boundary. Pokapu, a piece of land covered with fern, and near an old sacred place called the [500 acres.] Umutakiura, Tomotomokia, and along the boundary marked on trees as far as the Kuta: the Henry Williams. Kahikatea standing by itself near the large river Ngahikunga, and along the river to the Horu, and above the Horu, the Kauri, Kopu and Puketotara, up to the old boundary. Receipt. This is the payment: 75 Dollars, 32 Blankets, 40 lbs. Tobacco, 100 Pipes, 6 Shirts, 6 Trowsers, 2 Axes, 2 Hoes, 6 Hatchets, 2 Iron Pots, 6 Knives, 2 pr. Scissors, 2 Razors, 2 looking Glasses, and 4 Caps. Therefore do we sign our marks on this fifteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

True Translation.

Henry Kemp.

245d.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

Wellington, 31st January, 1879.

H. Hanson Turton.