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 ritengaKauaenui
tenei ki ahau mo aku Kainga mo Kauaenui mo te Waipakiaka, otira mo aku kaingaReceipt 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 of1859. 1 July.
my lands at Kauaenui, at the Waipakiaka. However for all my lands sold by Te HapukuKauaenui.
to the Queen, which I have absolutely sold to Victoria the Queen of England and to theReceipt 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.
Wellington, February 28th, 1876.