Hui Tohia No. 2 Block, Wai-iti Creek, Hokianga District.
1886. 2 July.Hokianga District.By these Presents Be it known unto all Men that we the
Undersigned have this day Hui Tohia No. 2.C. Harris. sold all and every our Right, Title and Interest unto certain Lands Timber
thereon, Tenements, Rivers, Streams, and Creeks, running through the aforesaid
Lands to Wit, A portion of that land known by the name of Hui Tohia. A line
running from a stake or [300 acres.] landmark North East by East by Compass for about two English miles
entering the Forest called Haere Hau is to constitute the North Western Boundary
of the aforesaid Lands &c. &c. A line running from the aforesaid
Land Mark East South East until it reaches a Creek or Water Run known by the name
of Wakadua constitutes the South Western Boundary of the aforesaid Lands
&c.; from thence a line running East North East until it reaches a Swamp
called Te Waitawa constitutes the South Eastern boundary of the aforesaid Lands
&c. A line running from the Waitawa in a North West direction by Compass
until it meets the North West boundary line constitutes the North Eastern boundary
of the aforesaid Lands &c. All and every part of which as above described
We have this day sold unto Christopher Harris his Heirs and Assigns for ever to
enjoy and possess without let or hindrance from us our Relatives or any other
claim the aforesaid lands &c. and all Taboo'd spots or places; and we
hereby affirm ourselves whose names are subscribed to this Deed to be the rightful
Owners of the aforesaid Lands &c. and to defend the said Christopher
Harris or his Assigns in peaceful possession of the same in Receipt for cash and goods. opposition to every and all other claims. In consideration we hereby
acknowledge to have received One Double barrelled Gun and Eleven pounds in
Sterling Money, as a full and just payment for the same, and free from all other
claims and encumbrances whatsoever. In testimony of which we hereunto affix our
hands and seals this second day of July Anno Domini, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and thirty-six at Rawhia Hokianga in New Zealand.
(Signed) Nga Waka (alias
John King).
(Signed) Nene (alias
Thomas Walker).
(Signed) Rua
nui.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of—
(Signed) A.
Chapman.
(Signed) Robt. Angus.
(Signed) Wm. Woon, Missionary.
W.
S. Newton.