Translation.
Picton,
May 19, 1874.
We the people
of Puketapu and Taranaki residing near Arapawa that is to say at1874. 19 May. New Plymouth District.
Waikawa in the Province of Marlborough hereby acknowledge the receipt of one hundred pounds stg. from the Government, paid on behalf of the Government of New Zealand to us by Thomas Edward Young Esquire.Receipt for £100.
This money is compensationWaiongana To Timaru No. 1.
for all our lands confiscated to the Government and for our claims to land ceded formerly to the Government on account of which we received nothing at the time. This money is paid in respect of all lands in the province of Taranaki whether confiscated or ceded between Waiongana on the North and Timaru on the South.Hona Tane Rawa & others.
A True Copy of Original Deed Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, September 9th, 1875.