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

Translation

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

Translation.

Napier, August 5th, 1858.

1858. 5 August.

We

have this day received from Mr. Cooper the sum of Twenty Pounds sterling as

Pukahu.

payment for our land, for Pukahu, which we have this day consented to give up to the

Receipt for £20.

Queen of England. This is not the full consideration for this land, but an earnest for it on account of our consenting. These and all other monies given for this land will be arranged at the time when the final agreement is made and the land surveyed.

[Signatures as above.]

[Witnesses as above.]

A True Copy of Original Receipt.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, September 23rd, 1874.