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

[Deed Receipts—No. 75.]

Deed Receipts—No. 75.

Waiuku Block (Rawhitiroa), Manukau District.

Waiuku, Tihema 23, 1855.
Kua riro mai i a matou nga pauna kotahi rau he whakarite i nga pounamu e rua 1855. 23 December. Waiuku Block. i whakaaetia e te Makarini mo Rawhitiroa he wahi tapu i roto i te wahi whenua i tukua Rawhitiroa. ki a te Kuini ki Waiuku. Receipt for £100.

Na Kepa Katipa.
Na te Katipa Awarahi.

witness

Thos. Williamson.
John Grant Johnson, Commissioner, L.P.D.

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Waiuku Block (Rangitahi), Manukau Distict.

Waiuku, Tihema 23 o nga ra 1855.
Waiuku Block.Rangitahi.Kua riro mai i a matou nga pauna moni e rima tekau he whakarite mo te toru o nga Receipt for £50. Meri Pounamu i whakaaetia mo matou wahi tapu ki Rangitahi. Ko te otinga tenei o to matou meatanga ki tenei wahi ka tukua rawatia ki a te Kuini o Ingarani. Ko te whakaotinga tenei o nga utu mo te whenua i roto i te hokonga o Waiuku. Heoi ano nga wahi i roto i nga pukapuka tuku o Waiuku.

Katipa.

Witness to payment

James Greenhill.
C. P. C. Rafferty.

Translation.

Waiuku, 23rd December, 1855.
23rd December, 1855.Waiuku Block.We have received the sum of One hundred pounds, in lieu of two Greenstones promised to us by Mr. McLean for Rawhitiroa a Reserve or sacred place within the Rawhitiroa. Receipt for £100. boundaries of the land sold to the Queen at Waiuku.

(Signed) Na Kepa Katlpa.
" Na Te Katipa Awarahi.

Witness—

(Sd.) Thos. Williamson.
" John Grant Johnson, Commisssioner L.P.D.

A True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.

27 March, 1856.
Waiuku, 23 December, 1855.
Waiuku Block.We have received the sum of Fifty pounds in lieu of the third Greenstone Mere Rangitahi. promised for our Reserve or sacred place at Rangitahi. This our last claim upon Receipt for £50. this portion of land which we now entirely give up to the Queen of England. This is the last payment for the land in the Waiuku purchase. The only Reserves for ourselves are those specified in the Deed of Waiuku.

(Signed) Katipa.

Witness to payment—

(Signed) James Greenhill.
C. P. O’Rafferty.

A True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.

27 March, 1856.

A True Copy of Original Receipts and Translations.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, August 16th, 1875.