This Indenture made the Twenty-Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord One 1838. 28 August.Hokianga District. Thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight Between A Madu a Native Chief of the River Waima and Taranaki a Native Chief of the River Waima and Kai ika also a Native Papawakahotu. Chief of the River Waima aforesaid in New Zealand of the one part And Alexander Alexander Chapman. Chapman of the Hokianga in New Zealand aforesaid Shipwright of the other part Whereas the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the Receipt for cash and goods. said Kai ika was possessed of or well entitled to a certain piece or parcel of land hereafter particularly described And whereas the said Alexander Chapman hath contracted and agreed with the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika for the purchase thereof at and for the sum of Five Pounds in Cash and. the Undermentioned property Viz. One Blunderbuss, Two Chests, a Quantity of Musket balls one pair Blankets and one Shirt, but as no conveyance hath yet been made he hath requested that one be made in manner hereafter mentioned Now this Indenture Witnesseth that in pursuance of the said Agreement and for and in consideration of the sum of Five Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain current in New Zealand and the following property One Blunderbuss Two Chests a Quantity of Musket balls One pair Blankets and one Shirt, to the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika hereby well and truly paid by the said Alexander Chapman the receipt whereof the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika Doth hereby acknowledge They the said A Maru the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika Hath bargained sold and Assigned and by these presents Doth bargain sell and Assign unto the said Alexander Chapman his heirs executors Administrators and Assigns All that piece or parcel of Land lying and being situated on the right hand banks of the River Waima and known by the name of Papa Waka hota, bounded in front Boundaries. [900 acres.] by the Waima River, On the East by the entrance of the Creek called Mangatete, from thence A line running West South West by Compass untill in a line with a creek called te Wekatai, On the South by a Line from the above point running West by North half North until it reaches the entrance of the creek called Te Wekatai, and supposed to contain about Nine hundred acres more or less, Together with all and singular the Timber standing or growing thereon, ways paths passages waters watercourses rights profits advantages emoluments and Appurtenances to the said piece or parcel of Land or Premises belonging or in any wise appurtaining therewith or with any part thereof now or hereafter holden occupied or enjoyed as part parcel or Member thereof And to page 256have and to hold the said piece or parcel of Land and other the premises hereby assigned or intended so to be with their appurtenances unto the said Alexander Chapman his executors Administrators heirs and assigns from henceforth for all such term or terms of Years estate or interest which the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika hath now or could have held or may have in the same in as full ample and beneficial a manner to all intents and purposes whatsoever as they the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika might or could have held or enjoyed the same if these presents had not been made And the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika Doth hereby for themselves their heirs and Assigns Covenant and declare to and with the said Alexander Chapman his executors Administrators heirs and Assigns by these presents in manner following, That is to say that he the said Alexander Chapman his heirs executors Administrators and assigns shall and lawfully may at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly enter upon and enjoy All and singular the said premises with the Appurtenances and take and receive the rents issues and profits thereof for to and for his and their use and benefit without any hinderance molestation or interuption whatsoever from the said A Madu the said the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika their heirs and Assigns or any person or persons whatsoever And the said A Madu the said Taranaki and the said Kai ika their heirs and Assigns to do every thing in their power to secure and protect the said Alexander Chapman his Executors Administrators heirs and Assigns in the peaceable and quiet enjoyment of the said piece or parcel of land or Premises. In Witness whereof the said parties to the presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day of the year first within written.