Conveyance, Mahia Peninsula
Production date
13 Feb 1839
20 May 1840
Object detail
Brief Description
Conveyance of 71000 acres in Table Cape, Mahia Peninsula on 13 February 1839.
Signatories include:
Solicitor - D Coole of Sydney.
Purchasers - Daniel Cooper, James Holt and William Bernard Rhodes
Sellers - These names are faded and spelled differently throughout the document:
Wanga (alias Brown), Mauauouwai, Tukareao, Waiumu, Poiro, Erito Maro Kohuwai (Marauowai), Poiro, Poroiwi.
Interpreter - William Burton
Further signatories - John Lennon and James Bain. A further three signatures are faded.
Includes facial tattoos of Māori signatories and two wax seals. Total cost of 71000 acres was £50.00 payable to 5 signatories.
Attached is a receipt from the Registers Office in Sydney dated 20th May 1840 and numbered 933.
Signatories include:
Solicitor - D Coole of Sydney.
Purchasers - Daniel Cooper, James Holt and William Bernard Rhodes
Sellers - These names are faded and spelled differently throughout the document:
Wanga (alias Brown), Mauauouwai, Tukareao, Waiumu, Poiro, Erito Maro Kohuwai (Marauowai), Poiro, Poroiwi.
Interpreter - William Burton
Further signatories - John Lennon and James Bain. A further three signatures are faded.
Includes facial tattoos of Māori signatories and two wax seals. Total cost of 71000 acres was £50.00 payable to 5 signatories.
Attached is a receipt from the Registers Office in Sydney dated 20th May 1840 and numbered 933.
Production date
13 Feb 1839
20 May 1840
20 May 1840
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten and printed black ink, wax and lace on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 473 x 605mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
20 May 1840
13 Feb 1839
13 Feb 1839
Credit line
gifted by Mr W T Dobson
Other number(s)
m66/54, 78287
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