Translation.
Picton,
May 19, 1874.
We the people of Puketapu and Taranaki residing near Arapawa
that is to say at1874. 19 May.New Plymouth District. Waikawa in the Province of Marlborough hereby acknowledge the receipt of
one hundred pounds stg. from the Government, paid on behalf of the Government of
New Zealand to us by Thomas Edward Young Esquire.Receipt for £100. This money is compensationWaiongana To Timaru No. 1. for all our lands confiscated to the Government and for our claims to
land ceded formerly to the Government on account of which we received nothing at
the time. This money is paid in respect of all lands in the province of Taranaki
whether confiscated or ceded between Waiongana on the North and Timaru on the
South.
Hona Tane Rawa & others.
A True Copy of Original Deed Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, September 9th, 1875.