Translation.
1835. 16 November.Hohi. Know all men by this writing that we Warepoaka, Ngawau and Taotahi, let go
and sell to John King for him, his children and relatives for ever the land of our
fathers and of us also, which is enclosed in this boundary. And this is the
boundary: from the ridge John King. above Hohii it turns down to Thomas Hansen’s piece at Waitohora, it then
follows that Boundaries. water to Nonoti, Korowaitara, Waitataramoa, from that water it turns up
along the side of the Kiripaka to Ruahoea, the ridge which goes to Pukenui, John
King’s boundary, then forms this side to the Rorekahu, down to the sea, it then
goes along to the Pa at Rangihoua and from there to Thomas Hansen’s piece at
Hohii: and trees standing and whatsoever is above or below. This is the payment
which we have received, 1 large Receipt. Cask of Tobacco, 212 lb. &c. &c. Wherefore we write our
signature as a mark of this transaction on the sixteenth day of November in the
year 1835.