Translation.
Learn all men from this deed, We Puhi and William Ngawaro do
hereby make over a 1837. 24 October.piece of land to Mr. Davis and to his posterity for ever, made over on the
24th of Patutahi.October in the year of our Lord 1837. The name of the land is Patutahi in
the District Richard Davis.of Waimate: it is in size Seven acres more or less; and these are the
things which we receive as payment, 5 blankets and 5 lbs. tobacco. It is bounded
on the South by Boundaries. [7 acres.]James Davis’s fence and the land of Waraki: on the West by the land
purchased by Mr. Davis of Parore: on the North by the road up to a Puriri stump:
on the East from the said Puriri stump to the Wood, and along the edge of the Wood
to Ngawaro’s house.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
Since the above transaction I William Puhi have received two Blankets: in
connection Extra payment.therefore I sign my name.
Wiremu Puhi.