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

[Deed Receipts—No. 5.]

Deed Receipts—No. 5.

Land at Ruataniwha, Province of Hawke's Bay.

Ahuriri, Maehe 23, 1855.

Kua riro

mai ki a matou i tenei ra nga pauna moni e toru rau takitahi (£300) na

1855. 23 March. Hawke's Bay. Ruataniwha( Land at).

te Makarini i homai ki a matou. Hei utu tenei ki a matou mo to matou kainga ki te Rua o Taniwha kua oti nei i a matou te tino tuku rawa atu ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o

Receipt for £300, first instalment.

Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia a ake tonu atu.
Ka timata te rohe ki Totaratutahi ka rere i runga i te rohe tawhito puta noa ki te

Boundaries.

Whare o Hinetaia ka rere ki roto ki Makaretu puta noa ki te Rongo-o-Tamaiawhitia ka whati mai i reira ka rere i te taha o te ngaherehere puta noa ki Orangi-iti ka whati i reira whaka-te-mauru puta noa ki Kauaenui ka haere i roto i Waipaoa tae noa ki Ngahuinga katahi ka heke i roto i te wai o Waipaoa tutaki noa ki Totaratutahi.

Heoi ra kia oti ra ano enei whenua te ruri ka whakapumautia ai te tikanga o nga utu ki a matou mo enei whenua kua oti i a matou te tuku atu i tenei ra ki te Kuini o Ingarangi ake tonu atu.

Te Hapuku x.
Ropata.
Kerei Tanguru.
Maika Iwikatea.
Te Kuini te Hei.

Kai titiro ki tenei homaitanga moni me enei tuhinga ingoa—

C. J. Nairn, Settler, Porerere.
G. S. Cooper, J.P.

Translation.

Ahuriri, March 23rd, 1855.

Received

by us this day the sum of Three hundred pounds (£300) once told from

1855. 23 March. Ruataniwha (Land at).

Mr. McLean as a payment to us for our piece of land at Rua o Taniwha. We have entirely given it up to Victoria the Queen of England.

Receipt for £300, first instalment.

The boundaries commence at Totaratutahi thence running along the old boundary to Whare o Hinetaia thence running inland to Makaretu thence to Rongo-o-Tamaiawhitia

Boundaries.

thence turning and running along the forest to Orangi-iti thence turning in a westerly direction to Kauaenui thence running in Waipaoa thence till it reaches Ngahuinga thence running in the river Waipaoa till it reaches Totaratutahi.

Then when it is surveyed the final payment will be made to us for this land which we have this day given up to Victoria the Queen of England for ever.

Te Hapuku x,
and 4 others.

Witnesses to these receipts of money and these signatures—

C. J. Nairn, Settler, Porerere.
G. S. Cooper, J.P.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 19th, 1876.