This Indenture made the sixteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand 1834. 16 March.Hokianga District. Eight Hundred and thirty-four between Edward Fishwick on the one part and the Te Rara.Edward Fishwick. undersigned Chiefs or Chief being sole proprietors or proprietor of a certain extent of Land in the Bay of Waima and adjoining the estate of Edward Fishwick at Mata Karaka Witnesseth that the said Chiefs or Chief signing this bill of sale for and in consideration of the value of Three Muskets One Fifty Pound Cask Gunpowder two Cartouch Boxes and two pair 12/4 Blankets in hand well and truly pay or cause to be paid by the said Edward Fishwick at the time and sealing of these presents, the receipt Receipt. and payment whereof the said Chiefs or Chief doth hereby acknowledge hath bargained, sold, released, granted, and confirmed, and by these presents doth bargain, sell, release, grant and deliver the said Land to the aforesaid Edward Fishwick to have and to hold the said Land and every of them by these presents bargained sold released granted and confirmed as aforesaid, That he shall retain the quiet and peaceable possession of the same for ever, And We the Undersigned Chief or Chiefs for and in consideration of the Sum or Value mentioned in this Bill of Sale of our respective portions or portion of Landed property aforesaid do with our accord affix our hands and private marks to this our said Bill of Sale and properties called the T' Rara and adjoining the property Boundaries. [80 acres.] aforesaid described to a post or mark leading towards the Whitey or Narrows and known by a post in the ground opposite to a Buride tree, supposed distance One thousand four Hundred Yards North by East from the boundaries of Mata Karaka, and extending from the above named boundary one Mile East by South, the same shall from henceforth for ever after remain continue and be unto the said Edward Fishwick his Executors Administrators and Assigns free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of and from all other bargains, Sales, Gifts, grants, titles, page 234judgements, debts, and incumbrances whatsoever, In Witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands and seals, the day and Year first within written at the request of the said Chief.