1839. 16 November.Whanganui Block.Purchase of New Zealand Land Company.Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned chiefs of the District of Wanganui situate on the North shore of Cook's Straits in New Zealand have this day sold and parted with all our Right Title and Interest in all the Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks within certain boundaries as shall be truly described in this Deed or Instrument unto William Wakefield Esquire in trust for the Governors Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, their heirs administrators and assigns for ever in consideration of having Receipt. received as a full and just payment for the same 140 White Blankets 100 Red Blankets 10 Double barrelled Fowling Pieces 6 Single barrelled Fowling Pieces 30 pea Jackets 30 pairs Flushing Trowsers 30 fustian Jackets and pairs of Trowsers, 2 dozen pairs of Shoes 6 dozen Shifts and Shirts 6 doz red Woolen Shirts and Caps 1 dozen Comforters 6 Camlet Cloaks 2 doz. Petticoats, 12 duck Frocks and pairs of Trowsers 10 doz. Pocket Handkerchiefs 30 chintz Dresses 200 yards of Calico 200 yards of Check 50 powder Horns 18 powder Flasks and shot Belts 18 bullet Moulds 1000 Flints 20 lead Slabs 50 casks of Gunpowder 2 casks Ball Cartridge 100 Tomahawks 18 Cartouche Boxes 3 quires Cartridge Paper 1 case of Pipes 18 Umbrellas 30 thrasher Hats 2 dozen Hoes 4 doxen Axes, 15 Tinder-boxes 3 doz. Tin pots 6 doz. Looking Glasses 2 lbs Sealing Wax 2 lbs. Beads 6 doz. Combs 3 doz. Shaving boxes 2 doz. Slates and 200 Pencils, 6 doz. Pocket knives 6 dozen Razors 2 doz. Spades 2,000 Fish Hooks 50 Iron Pots 2 tierces of Tobacco and 1 case of Soap which we the aforesaid chiefs do hereby acknowledge to have been received by us from the aforesaid William Wakefield. And in order to prevent any dispute or misunderstanding We the undersigned chiefs do page 395 hereby for ourselves our families tribes and successors for ever agree and bind ourselves to the description following which constitutes the boundaries of the said Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks now sold by us to the said William Wakefield that is to say the whole of the Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks now sold by us to the said William Wakefield that is to say the whole of the Lands Islands Tenements Woods Bays Harbours Rivers Streams and Creeks which are now in our possession within the District of Wanganui on the said North Shore of Cook's Straits in New Zealand including all those Lands Islands, Tenements, Woods, Bays, Harbours, Rivers Streams and Creeks reaching along the sea-shore on the North of the said Cook's Straits from Boundaries. Manewatu to Patea and inland from either of the said points to the Volcano or Mountain of Tonga Ridi, and we the said chiefs do hereby promise and agree for ourselves our families tribes and successors for ever that the whole of the hereby bargained premises are and so for ever shall be, remain and continue unto the said Governors Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London their heirs administrators and assigns free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted discharged and exonerated of from and against all other Gifts Claims Grants Bargains Sales and Incumbrances whatsoever. And the said William Wakefield on behalf of the said Governors Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company, of London their heirs administrators and assigns for ever does hereby promise and agree that a portion of the land ceded by them suitable and sufficient for the residence and proper maintenance of the said chiefs and their families will be reserved by the said Governors Directors and Shareholders of the New Zealand Land Company of London, and held in trust by them for the future benefit of the said chiefs their families tribes and successors for ever. In Witness whereof the said Chiefs of the first part and the said William Wakefield of the second part have hereunto put their hands and seals this 16th day of November in the year of our Lord 1839.