(Enclosure.)
We have received
from Mr. McLean on this day on the twenty ninth (29) day of1854. 29 November Parinuiokuaka.Receipt for £200.
November 1854 Two hundred pounds £200 in money in payment for our land at Parinuiokuaka which we surrender to Victoria the Queen on this day as a firm possession for the Europeans for ever and ever.Boundaries.
on to Whakaraetoka, where it crosses the river, and runs below the Waimahuahua in a Southerly direction to Wheturangi, to Kahurangi, to Kaimatarau where it ends.The above piece of land we have finally given up to Victoria the Queen of England on this day—the final settlement as to price shall be arranged by ourselves and Mr. McLean when the surveys are completed so that the quality of the land may be seen by the Europeans—then all arrangements respecting this land will be finally made.
Signed
Nahana.
Eramiha.
Ngatuere x his mark.
Witnesses to the payment and signatures—
G. S. Cooper, District Commissioner.
John P. Russell, Settler,
Wairarapa.
A True Translation.
G. S. Cooper,
District Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Deed, Translation, and Receipt.
Wellington, February 10th, 1876.