Translation.
Learn all men from this article drawn up on this 23rd day of September in the
year of 1834. 23 September.Bay of Islands District.our Lord 1834, being signed by us Charley Hongi, Waraki and party as a
proof that we do make over to Mr. Davis, to his children, and their generations
for ever a portion of land bearing the name of Kaihu, estimated at thirty acres
more or less; and we do also Kaihu.sell with that land all that is growing on the said land. Be it known
therefore that we Richard Davis.do make over all to Mr. Davis, to his children, and their generations for
ever, and do receive in return from Mr. Davis as an equivalent for the said land
30 Dollars, 3 iron Receipt. pots, 3 axes, 3 adzes, 3 hoes, and 5 lbs. of tobacco. Be it known also
that the said land is Bounded on the South West by a portion of wooded land
purchased by the Mission Boundaries. [30 acres.]of Penamahue: on the South and South East by the land and wood purchased by
Mr. Davis of Kowiti and Huatahi, known by the name of Mohoao: on the East by the
lands of Waraki, Witirua and Makutahi: and from thence it joins the brook Kaihu
which brook forms the Northern boundary, and is the boundary till you come to the
above mentioned land purchased by the Mission of the said Penamahue. As a proof
therefore of the identity of this deed we do hereby sign our names.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
[Signatures.]