Other formats

    Adobe Portable Document Format file (facsimile images)   TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

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

Translation

Translation.

1844. 27 December.Manukau District.Opaheke. A. Chisholm.We the undersigned fully consent to sell to Adam Chisholm, his heirs and those he shall appoint a portion of land situate at the head of the Manukau River, Opaheke by name: the said land Opaheke to be secured, with all woods, water, caves, rocks, flax, and every thing upon the said land to Adam Chisholm and those he shall appoint. Our claim to the said land is alienated; we will not sell the said land to any other individual, but entirely give it up and sell it fully and leave it fully to Adam Chisholm his heirs after him and those to whom he shall appoint at the present time, after this, and for ever.
Boundaries. [1,000 acres.]Boundaries. Commencing at a bluff point called Mangotahi on the Manukau river, running thence to Waikowai and Te Pukepuke where a post was erected by Isaac and Whangaroa (Native Chiefs) running straight from the said post to a place named Waharau—thence it comes along the plain to Otuwairoa—following the river to Maukitua and Te Totara and joining Mangotahi where it commences.
Receipt.Payments. 2 horses, 2 bridles, 1 good saddle, 1 box, 2 spades, 1 double gun, 1 blanket, 1 shot belt, 1 powder flask, £22 . 10 . 0 in Cash.

We fully assent to this writing and all things contained in this document: and because we consider it just and true, we affix our names below on this day of December the 27th in the year of our Lord 1844.

[Signatures.]

[Witnesses.]

True Translation.

C. O. Davis.

No. 120.P.C. A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 15th October, 1880.