Translation.
We have received
on this day the nineteenth of June, in the year of Our Lord; 1854.1854. 19 June.
the sum of £100 from Mr. McLean in payment for certain land of ours calledLower Waikato District.
Mangatawhiri, this is the first payment.These are the boundaries: Commencing at Tiheru thence along the Mangatawhiri Stream
to Te Here thence from Te Here to Whakangutu thence, along the
Mangatawhiri.
Whakangutu stream to the Whangamarino stream thence along that stream to theKoheroa.
Waikato river, it joins the Waikato at Te Teoteo thence along the Waikato river toBoundaries.
Tiheru including all the Islands adjacent to this land.Islands included.
Now we have entirely given up this land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever.
For the receipt by us of this money we hereunto subscribe our names and make
Receipt for £100, first instalment.
our marks.[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]
Correct Translation.
T. E. Young,
Translator, Nat. Dept.
A True Copy of Original-Receipt and Translation.
Wellington July. 27th 1875.