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

Author: H. Hanson Turton

Publication details: George Didsbury, 1877

Part of: He reo nō ngā whakaritenga me ngā pukapuka here / Language of agreement and obligation

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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

[Deeds Receipts—No. 91.]

Deeds Receipts—No. 91.

1854. 20 MayWatkaka Block (Kahukoti's Claims), Piako District.

Piako DistrictKua riro mai ki a matou na te Makarini i tenei ra Waikaka. i te rua tekau (20) o nga ra o Mei i te tau o to tatou Ariki Kotahi mauo e waru rau e rima tekau ma wha (1854) nga Receipt for £30, deposit. pauna moni e toru tekau takitahi (£30) hei whakaritenga utu mo to matou kainga ki Wailraka ki te Pukatea he whenua nui taua whenua kia oti rawa te titiro te ruri o taua whenua ka tino whakaritea nga utu katoa mo taua wahi.

Na te Kahukoti Karamu.
Te Ama Na Ruteawhirawa.

Kai Titiro—

John Grant Johnson, J.P., Sub-Commissioner, Auckland. John White, Interpreter.

Translation.

1854. 20 May.We have received from Mr. McLean on this the 20th day of May, 1854, the sum of Waikaka. Thirty Pounds (£30) as an earnest for our land at Waikaka and Puketea, being a large Receipt for £30, deposit. block of land. When it has been fully surveyed, the entire payment will be arranged.

Kahukoti Karamu.
Te Ama Naruteawhirawa.

Witnesses—

John Grant Johnson, J.P., Sub-Commissr., Auckland. John White, Interpreter.

A True Copy of Original-Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 27th, 1875