Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One

[Deed Receipts—No. 69.]

Deed Receipts—No. 69.

Waiuku Block, Manukau District.

1854. 11 December.

Manukau District.

Na whakarongo

mai kua riro mai i au inaianei nga pauna moni e rima tekau takitahi

Waiuku.

(£50) otira ko enei moni he mea tango mai e au no roto no nga moni o te utunga whakamutunga

Receipt for £50, advance.

o Waiuku raua ko te Whakaupoko i whakaritea iho ai e maua ko te Makarini e rima nga rau takitahi kua riro mai i au i mua hei hoko Purapura—Parete na nonaianei hoki ka tangohia mai ano E rima tekau takitahi Na te Kepa enei moni i homai ki au i Akarana i tenei ra i te tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Tihema i te tau 1854.

Ko te tohu o x Te Katipa.

Witnesses

Archd. A. McInnes, Clerk, N.L.P. Dept.
H. T. Kemp, J.P., Native Sectry.

Translation.

1854. 11 December.

Waiuku.

Know all men I

have this day received the sum of Fifty Pounds (£50) once told. These monies are to be deducted from the final payment for Waiuku and Whakaupoko

Receipt for £50, advance.

according to my agreement with Mr. McLean—Five hundred pounds being agreed to by Mr. McLean—Fifty pounds I received on a former occasion with which to purchase

seed potatoes and this day I have taken Fifty pounds once told. These monies were paid to me by Mr. Kemp at Auckland this eleventh day of December in the year 1854.

The mark of x Te Katipa.

Witnesses—

Archd. A. McInnes, Clerk, N.L.P. Dept.
H. T. Kemp, J.P., Native Secty.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, 4th August, 1875.