Translation.
1834. 17 September.Te Kauri.This is to certify that we Ngataumanu, Toenga and Timoko and
our children on this James Hamlin. day the 17th of September in the year of our Lord 1834, give up and
renounce for ever to James Hamlin his
heirs and successors assignee or assigns all that parcel of land called Te Kauri
with every kind or description of wood growing, lying or standing upon the same
which said parcel of land is 30 acres more or less and lies to the West of the
Boundaries. [30 acres.] Church Missionary Settlement called Waimate, and is Bounded on the North
West by a Native fortification called Morakerake, and by some land bought by Mr. James Kemp
page 113of Rewa, Titoki and Tohu: on the West
by a wood called Kaharau and Keho: on the South it is bounded by some land bought
by Mr. George
Clarke of Rangi and Tuwakawaka and by a sacred place called the Mata: on
the East it joins to a parcel of land bought by me by James Hamlin of Huarahi and Te Keho called te Mohowao:
on the North it is bounded by a waikeri or gutter called Te Waipuna.
Receipt. As a payment for which parcel of land we Ngataumanu &c. and our
children have received at the hands of the said James Hamlin the following things, viz. 5 axes, 3
hatchets, 3 adzes, 4 hoes, 2 iron pots, 1 box lock, 1 pr. hinges, 2 plane irons, 5
blankets, 25 dollars, 10 lbs. tobacco and 30 pipes. Witness our marks on this day
the 17th of September 1834, at Waimate, New Zealand.
[Signatures.]
[Witnesses.]