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

[Deed Receipts—No. 2.]

Deed Receipts—No. 2.

Turangawaio Reserves, Province of Hawke's Bay.

Poneke, 13 Pepuere, 1855.

Kua riro

mai ki a matou na te Makarini, nga pauna moni e rua rau takitahi (£200) hei

1855. 13 February. Hawke's Bay.

utu mo nga wahi whenua i puritia e nga tangata o Akitio mo ratou i te wa i hokona ai

Turangawaio Reserves.

taua kainga, ara, te wahi i whakaaetia e Hoera Rautu

Receipt for £200.

ki a Hori Nia Nia kia hokona ki Turangawaio, ko te wahi ki te whakawhitinga ki Houama hoki, haere mai ki Tukurangi. Otira, ko nga wahi tapu katoa. No te rironga mai o enei rau e rua (£200) ki a matou i tenei ra, i te 20 hoki o nga ra o Hanuere 1855, ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu.

Te Hapuku Ikaotemoana x tana tohu.
Te Harawira Takuao x tana tohu.

Witness

G. S. Cooper, J.P.

Translation.

Port Nicholson, 13 February, 1855.

Received

by us from Mr. McLean the sum of (£200) two hundred pounds once told

1855. 13 February.

as a payment for the pieces of land kept back by the people of Akitio for themselves

Turangawaio Reserves.

when that land was sold That is the piece of land at Turangawaio which Hoera Rautu

Receipt for £200.

agreed with Hori to sell the piece also at the crossing to Houama thence to Tukurangi including the sacred places Upon the receipt of this (£200) two hundred pounds this day the (20th) twentieth of January we have hereunto affixed our names and marks.

Te Hapuku Ikaotemoana x tana tohu.
Te Harawira Takuao x tana tohu.

Witness—

G. S. Cooper, J.P.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 28th, 1876.