We have received on this ninth (9) day of January in the year 1855 the sum
of1855. 9 January. Fifty Pounds in money (£50) from Mr. McLean in payment for the piece of
land at Porotawao of which the boundaries are described and the land delineated
on the backReceipt for £50, for
Porotawao. hereof. This is the piece number four which we retained as a
place for ourselves at the time of the sale of the land to Mr. McLean at first.
We have fully ceded that piece of page 266 land under the shining sun of this day as permanent possession to Victoria
the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed Her for ever We
therefore sign our names and make our marks at Rangiwhakaoma on the day above
written.
[Witnesses.]
[Signatures.]