Translation.
1854. 6 February. Te Pi And Hiriona's Claims.
Received
by us on this day the (6) sixth day of February in the year of our Lord (1854) one thousand eight hundred and fifty four the sum of (£50) fifty pounds as payment to us for all our claim on land at Wairarapa having been fully and finally given upReceipt for £50.
by our Natives to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever and ever. This money having been paid to us this day we hereunto sign our names.
Ko Te Pi x her mark.
Ko Hiriona.
Signatures to this receipt of money and signatures—
G. S. Cooper, J.P., New Plymouth.
W. Halse, Commissioner of Crown
Land.
Ko te Tahana Papawaka.
Ko Hone Ropiha Tekekeu.
True Translation.
Donald Mclean,
Chief Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, February 8th, 1876.