Translation.
1834. 10 February.Wakateka.Hear all men this document which has been written by us
Ahitahi, Hauwere and others on one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other side: This
document has been written on the tenth day of the month called February in the
year of our Lord Jesus
Christ 1834. This document has been written by us Ahitahi and others on
one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other side, for a true sign to us all and to all
men likewise. They Ahitahi and others have let go to Mr. Clarke, to the children
of Mr. Clarke, and to all their generations for ever a portion of land containing
ten acres more or less. The name of the place is Wakateka: the great name is the
Waimate. The boundary of the said land Boundaries. [10 acres.] is the sacred place on one side, the cultivation of Tiro and others on one
side, and the great road on one side. Ahitahi and others have let go this land to
Mr. Clarke, to the children of Mr. Clarke, the land and all things growing on the
said land. Mr. Clarke Receipt. has given these things to Ahitahi and others as payment for the land which
has been let go, Two blankets, two iron pots, two hoes, two axes, thirty figs of
tobacco, ten pipes. That this document &c. &c.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]