Mount St. John (Land at), Manukau Road, Auckland District.
1844. 4 June.Auckland District.Mount St. JohnWilliam Turner.Receipt for £17.Boundaries. [32a. 1r. 19p.]I Wiremu Weteri, a chief of the tribe of Ngatitemoho do hereby
acknowledge to have received from William Turner the sum of Seventeen Pounds
sterling in part payment of Thirty-two acres, one rood and nineteen perches of
land purchased from me by William Turner at Mount Saint John Bounded on the North
by land the property of
Mr. James Dilworth 1,080 links, and by land the property of William
Clayton Hayes 1,146 links, on the West by the Manukau Road 1,169 links, on the
South by land the property of Jane Barr, John Finlay, Robert Austin and Joseph
May, and on the East by a line running from the North Eastern extremity of the
property of the said Joseph May along the edge of one of the steps or parapets on
the Eastern side of the said hill of Mount Saint John to a peg fixed in the ground
on the North Eastern side thereof, and thence by a straight line 1,345 links to
the Eastern extremity of the boundary first above mentioned. And in the land above
described as the property purchased from me by William Turner aforesaid are
included the summit ridge and the whole of the crater of the said hill of Mount
St. John: and the further consideration to be paid to me, is, namely, the balance
of the money Nine Pounds Sterling, and I hereby bind myself not to demand the
balance until after the delivery of the Governmt. Grant, and I also bind myself
and my heirs to execute all necessary deeds to convey the said piece of land to
the said William Turner and his heirs. Dated at Auckland this 4th day of June
1844.
(Signed) Wiremu Weteri his x mark.
Signed by the said Wiremu Weteri in our presence, the same having been
first read over and fully explained to the sd. Wiremu Weteri by the undersigned
Edward Meurant—
(Signed) E. Meurant, Interpreter, Auckland.
Chas. Robinson, Shortland
Crescent.
A true copy.
E. Meurant.
Chaeles Robinson.