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Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims

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[Translation.]

1839. 23 December.Know all Men who see this Book, We Kahukoti, Putu, Ruatara, Tuhi o te Rangi, and Omaru Block.Panoko have said that we will for ever alienate and sell that piece of Land called Omaru to Mr. Dalziel for him to cultivate, to sell, or to do with whatsoever he pleases for ever, the Boundaries of the said land are these, the fresh water river at Omaru, to Komiti, Receipt for deposit.to Papa of the Matira, to Wakamuhu, to Waiparera, to Okaho. And we have received as an Earnest for the said land Eight Blankets, Four Casks Powder. See our marks underneath written on the twenty-third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

[Witnesses.]

[Signatures.]

True Translation.

Henry T. Kemp.

No. 77b.O.L.C. A True Transcript of Certified Copy of Original Deed, Translation, and Enclosure.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington,31st October, 1878.