Translation.
1839. 21 January.Te Kohi.Listen all men to this Book of mine, of Kapotahi. I let
go and sell to Mr. Baker a piece of land at Waikare—The Kohi. I let go and sell
for him for his children for ever, for him to do as he pleases with the said land.
The Boundaries are these. Boundaries.Beginning at Motu Purewa from thence to the Fort called the Ahu, descending
to Waitarere, thence to the Swamp Parungaire, thence to the Awa Kowi, thence to
Waipunu, thence to Wakapipi. On one side by the old boundaries of Mr. Baker. The
Receipt.payment I received for the above ground was One Cow, Two Blankets, Three
Axes, Two page 143Adzes. Therefore I write my
mark to this giving up, to this sale on the Twenty-first day of January, One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-ninth year.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
True Translation.
Henry Kemp.
A True Copy of Original Deed, and of Certified Copies of Enclosures. No. 255.O.L.C.
Wellington, 11th February, 1879.