Translation.
Greytown,
9 Novr., 1870.
1870. 9 November. Wairarapa District.
We
have
this day received a portion of the five per cents on our block of land which we sold to the Government formerly, in the Wairarapa District, the name of that block is "Pahaoa." We have this day received the five per cents due from the date of thePahaoa.
cession of the land up to the 30th June 1869. The amount of five per cents we haveReceipt for £250. [Five per cents.]
now received is Two hundred and fifty pounds sterling and the Government will furnish us with the accounts of the pieces sold within that block up to that time. Mr. Kemp Commissioner of the Government has paid us these five per cents in the presence of Mr. Wardell Resident Magistrate of the Government of New Zealand at Wairarapa.(Sd.)
Te Keepa Oraora x his mark.
"
Hoera Wakataha.
"
Patoromu te Opatu.
Witnesses—
(Sd.)
Herbert S. Wardell,
R.M., Wairarapa.
" H. S. Byrn, Constable, Wairarapa District.
True Translation.
(Sd.) T. E. Young.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, January 4th, 1876.