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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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1840. 29 June.Pae-O-Kaiwaka and Kotikoti.Know all men who see this Book, we, whose names are written in this Book The Chiefs and men of Ngatiteata, a people who dwell at Manukau, a River on the West Coast of the Northern Island of New Zealand, do let go, give and sell Alex. Dalziel. away these our Lands. Pae o kaiwaka and Kotikoti are the names: and all the Lands within the Boundaries written in this Book as a payment for the things written in this Book which is, agreed to, which have been received by us. All the Land, all the Trees, all the Roads, all the Waters, all the Water Courses, the Fences, and all other things which grow or lie (upon it) and all things above or below these our Lands: Pae o kaiwaka and Kotikoti are altogether let go to Alexander Dalziel who is living at Otahuhu to his children after him or to his relations for ever and ever and ever for Lands for him for his children his relations to work to sell or to do as he Boundaries. pleases with. One of these places which is sold lies to the west of the dragging place 1. Pae-o-Kaiwaka. [1,500 acres.] of the Awaroa, one at the Awaroa. The northern boundary of this Land is on the western side of the dragging place which begins at Waiuku and goes towards the west to Puihunuui and then goes on till it reaches Ohata and falls off at the water side at Opare it bends (or turns) to the South of Ahiwiti, it ascends and goes towards the East of Tuhoterangi-ka-taua, then goes along the stream Owitao until it reaches as far as the entrance of Tepukahu then bends and goes off towards the North on the side of 2. Kotikoti. [300acres] the dragging place named Waiuku At Kotikoti it goes along the bed of the Awaroa to the Kauere, bends off towards the West and goes through the Wood to Mapau, bends, and goes off to the East of Kotikoti.
Receipt for payment. We Katipa, Aperahama and all the people to whom the place belongs take from the hands of Alexander Dalziel the payments for these our Lands which are these Twelve double-barrelled Guns, Forty-eight Blankets, Five fowling-pieces, Four Muskets, Six Cloaks, Four Coats, Twelve Waistcoats, Six Trowsers, Six Iron Pots, Four Pieces of Print, Six Caps, Ten Cartridge Boxes, Two Adzes, One Box of Pipes, Two Casks of Tobacco, Ten Hatchets, Four Kegs of Powder, One Bag of Shot, Six Boxes of (percussion) Caps, Two Pounds in Specie. Witness our names and signs that we have written the twenty-ninth of the month of June in this Year One Thousand eight hundred and forty. This is the paying for our Land to which we consented to let Alexander Dalziel have. He also has consented to pay to us at our giving him up (the land) on the twenty-first day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

[Witnesses.]
A true translation.

[Signatures.]

G. Clarke.