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

[Deed Receipts—No. 24.]

Deed Receipts—No. 24.

Kauaenui Block, etc., Province of Hawke's Bay.

Nepia,

July 1st

, 1859.

1859. 1 July. Hawke's Bay.

Kua riro

mai i ahau na te Makarini nga pauna moni kotahi rau e rima tekau hei ritenga

Kauaenui

tenei ki ahau mo aku Kainga mo Kauaenui mo te Waipakiaka, otira mo aku kainga

Receipt for £150.

katoa kua riro i a te Hapuku te tuku ki a te Kuini, kua oti atu i au i tenei ra te tino tuku rawa ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia

ake tonu atu. Ekore ahau e hoki mai ki te tono utu ki te koura mo enei kainga ake tonu atu.

Te Moananui x.

Witness

G. S. Cooper, Dist. Commr.

Translation.

Napier, July 1st, 1859.

Received

from Mr. McLean the sum of One hundred and fifty pounds in payment of

1859. 1 July.

my lands at Kauaenui, at the Waipakiaka. However for all my lands sold by
Te Hapuku

Kauaenui.

to the Queen, which I have absolutely sold to Victoria the Queen of England and to the

Receipt for £150.

Kings and Queens her successors for ever. I will never return to claim payment on account of these lands hereafter.

Te Moananui x.

Witness—

G. S. Cooper, Dist. Commr.

True Translation.

(Signed) G. S. Cooper.

A True Transcript of Office Copy of Original Receipt.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 28th, 1876.