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

[Deed Receipts—No. 18.]

Deed Receipts—No. 18.

Mareretu Block, Kaipara, District.

Akarana, Oketopa 10

th

, 1862

1862 10 October

Kaipara District.

Mareretu.

Na kua

whakaaetia mai e Te Rokena kia riro mai ki au nga Pauna moni kotahi rau, Hei utu mo te whakawa a te Uri o Hau kua tukua atu e ahau ki te ringaringa o nga roia.

Receipt for £100, advance.

Na ko tenei moni ka tukua mo runga i "Mareretu" kei Kaipara tonei whenua na ko enei moni ka whakahokia ano e matou ki te Kawanatanga ana oti taua whenua te ruri.

( Sd.) Na te Hemara Tauhia.

Translation.

Auckland, October 10, 1862

1862 10 October.

This certifies

that Mr. Rogan has given me this day the sum of one hundred pounds;

Mareretu.

this is a payment for the Law suit of the Uri-o-hau that I shall give into the lawyer’s hands.

Receipt for £100, advance.

Now this money is advanced on "Mareretu" at Kaipara and when the land is surveyed this money will be repaid.

(Sd.) Na te Hemara Tauhia,

A True Transcript of Office Copy of Receipt.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, October 8th, 1875