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

Translation

Translation.

We

have received this eleventh day of May 1859, five hundred pounds (£500) being

1859. 11 May.

the first instalment for Waitotara. We are to receive the balance for the land when

Waitotara-Okehu.

the survey is completed and the following boundaries have been marked off; Kai-Iwi thence inland as far as Waitotara. Our having received the money is a guarantee of

Receipt for £500, first instalment.

the cession of this land to the Government of New Zealand. In token of our agreement we have hereto subscribed our names.

Signed Aperahama Parea.
Hare Tipene x.
Piripi Poura x.
And 11 others.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, December 15th, 1875.