Translation.
1839. 13 December.Whangarei District.Know all men by this writing of ours—Tirerau, Motutara, Amotiriri,
Tiakiriri, Karekau, Tutahi, Iwitahi, Waka Ariki, Pou, Kawanui, Tauwitu; Toru,
Kahunui, Hamiora Maru, Parihoro, Umangawa, Haungere, Te Rou, Hori Tipoki, Tipene
Hari, Paura Kaitangata Raukaka.let go and sell to James Busby the Resident of the Queen of England for him
and his children and relatives for ever to occupy or sell or do what they please
with the lands of our forefathers and of us of which the following are the names,
Paupauwenua, Rangiora, Ruakaka, Waipapa, Waitangata, Wakatete, Maunga wiu, Pokapu,
Mahikitahi, Waiahoru, and all the farms and places within the following
boundaries, and all things above Boundaries. 25,000 acres.and all things below. This is the boundary, On the North, the River and
Harbour of Wangarei, on the East the great sea, on the South the Ridge commencing
at the sea, Kukunui by name, inwards to the Mata, inwards, inwards to Maunga
Hiore, inwards to Nga Toka, inwards to Te Mai, inwards to Tangi Hua, inwards to
Puke Mokimoki, on the South West and West running inwards to the Wai a Horu and to
the Warau by the road and falling by the crown of Tikorangi to the termination by
the dry Puriri tree at Piri Noa.
Receipt for £40 and merchandise.This is the payment: Forty Pounds in Gold money, Sixty Blankets, ten Coats,
ten pairs Black Cloth Trowsers, twenty pairs White Duck Trowsers, Twenty Black
(i.e. Blue woolen) shirts, twenty-five White Shirts (i.e. check) Four Cloaks, five
Pieces of Print, fifteen Handkerchiefs, three Single Barrelled Fowling pieces,
Twenty spades, twenty Hoes, twenty Hatchets, fifteen Iron Pots, ten Axes and
Adzes, two bags of Shot, five cannisters Gunpowder, eighty pounds Tobacco, one box
Pipes.
Therefore we have written our marks as a sign of this resignation and selling of
Wangarei on the thirteenth day of the month of December, One thousand eight
hundred and thirty-nine.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
Pomare's consent to sale.I have this day agreed to the above for the Cloak which I have received as my
portion for the land of my Forefathers at "Ruakaka." 23 Decr. 1839.
The
mark of Pomare x.
Witness—
Alex. Busby.
Examined with the Original Deed and Copy, and Translation found correct.
H. T. Kemp, Intr.
Edward
L. Godfrey.
M. Richmond.
Russell, 8 Feb.,
No. 23.O.L.C.A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed, and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,19th September, 1878.