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

Translation

Translation.

We

Have Received

this day the first day of March in the Year of our Lord one

1854. 1 March. Raumoa'S Claims.

thousand eight hundred and fifty four (1854) the sum of Forty pounds (£40) once told, as a final settlement of our claims on all Wairarapa and other lands of the Ngatikahungunu

Receipt for £40.

for ever and ever.

Raumoa x his mark.
Keri Hopa x his mark.
Wiremu Kingi Witi x his mark.
Aperahama Te Kani x his mark.

Witnesses—

W. Carrington, Surveyor, New Plymouth.
John P. Russell, Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.

True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 8th, 1876.