Translation.
1834. 21 March.Mata.Hear all men this document which has been written by us
Tuwakawa, Rangi, and others on one side, and Mr. Clarke on the other side: this
document was written on the twenty-first day of the month called March in the year
of our Lord Jesus
Christ 1834. This document has been written by us Tuwakawa and others on
one side and Mr. Clarke on the other side for a true sign to us all and to all men
likewise. They Tuwakawa and others have let go a portion of land to Mr. Clarke, to
the children of Mr. Clarke, and to all their generations for ever a portion of
land containing twenty acres more or less. [20 acres.] The name of the place Mata the great name is the Waimate. This land has
been let go by Tuwakawa and others to Mr. Clarke, to the children of Mr. Clarke,
and to all Receipt. their generations: Mr. Clarke gives these things as payment to Tuwakawa
and others for the land which has been let go: two blankets, eight dollars, thirty
pounds of tobacco, one adze, one axe, six pipes. That this document &c.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]