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

[Deeds Receipts—No. 100.]

Deeds Receipts—No. 100.

Karoroumanui Block, Waikato Heads.

1854. 4 May.

Waikato Heads.

Kua riro

mai i a matou i a Ngate tahinga nga pauna e rua tekau (£20) he whakatapu

Karoroumanui.

i to matou wahi whenua i Karoro-uma-nui e tukua ana ki a te Kuini Wikitoria o

Receipt for £20, deposit

Ingarangi.

Koia matou ka whakaae ka tuhituhi i o matou ingoa i tenei ra i te wa o nga ra o Mei 1854.

Tamihana.
Wakahau.
Apera.
Waraki.
Te hira.
Rairai.

Witness

John Grant Johnson, S. Comr.

John P. Russell,

Wairarapa.

Translation.

1854. 4 May.

We Ngatitahinga

have received the sum of £30 as an earnest for a portion of our

Karoroumanui.

land at Karoroumanui which we are selling to Victoria the Queen of England.

Receipt for £20, deposit.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our names this fourth day of May.

Tamihana,
and 5 Others.

Witness—

Sd. John Grant Johnson, Sub-Commissioner.

Sd. John P. Russell,

Wairarapa

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation

H. Hanson Turton

Wellington August. 3rd 1875.