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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

(Enclosure No. 5.) — Release from the Kumutoto Natives to the New Zealand Company

(Enclosure No. 5.)
Release from the Kumutoto Natives to the New Zealand Company.

Kua homai ki a matou i te 26 o nga ra o Pepuere i te tau 1844 e nga kai whakariterite 1844. 26 February.Port Nicholson. o te whakaminenga o Nui Tireni i Ranana, he mea utu mai e Wiremu Wekepiri (William Wakefield) e te kai mahi o taua whakaminenga, e rua rau pauna moni, he Receipt for £200. tino utunga he tino whakaritenga he whakamahuetanga rawatanga i to matou papa katoa, i o matou wahi katoa i roto i o matou whenua katoa kua tuhituhia ki roto ki te pukapuka kua whakapiria ki tenei nei, ara ko nga wahi katoa i Poneke i nga wahi patata ki Poneke i Nui Tireni. Ko nga Pa ia, ko nga ngakinga, ko nga wahi tapu, ko nga wahi rongoa anake e toe ki a inatou, a ka whakaae matou kia tuhia e matou o matou ingoa ki tetahi pukapuka tuku wenua a muri nei me e kiia mai kia tuhia e matou ki nga kai whakariterite o taua whakaminenga i o matou wahi katoa i roto i aua whenua, heoti ano nga wahi e waiho mo matou ko nga wahi anake kua korerotia ra i mua.

Wiremu Tako.
Ko Rakau.

On behalf of the remaining Natives of Kumutoto—

George Clarke, Junior,
Protector of Aborigines.

Ko nga ingoa o nga Kai Titiro i enei tuhinga ingoa—
Willm. Spain

, Commissioner.

George Clarke, Junior, Protector of Aborigines.
Thomas S. Forsaith,
Protector of Aborigines and Interpreter to Commr's. Court.
Arthur T. Holroyd, Barrister at Law,

Wellington.Saml. Ironside, Minister.

Thomas Fitzgerald,
Assistant Surveyor attached to the Commissioner.