Deed Receipts—No. 1. Oruru Block (Nopera’s Claims), Mangonui District.
Mangonui,
July 3rd, 1854
I the undersigned
do hereby acknowledge to have received from W. B. White Esqre1854. 3 July.
Mangonui District.
Oruru.
Rest. Magst. &c. the sum of One hundred pounds (£100) in consideration of my claimReceipt for £100.
(being the only native claim existing) at Oruru from its mouth to its source extendingNopera’s claims.
to and containing the old boundaries of Dr. Ford’s old purchase but which was returned to me in consideration of other purchases by Dr. Ford. It is to be understood that I also receive as soon as the same can be surveyed (100) one hundred acres of land atReserve. [100 acres.]
Oruru including the present site of my pa and to be divided into two allotments if required by the natives.Witness and Interpreter—
Nopera.
H. Souther.
Witness to Payment—
Norton Butler.
William Henry Clarke.
Wm. Butler.
A True Copy of Original Receipt.
Wellington, August 4th, 1875