Translation.
1854. 7 JanuaryThis Deed or paper is to certify that we have relinquished
all our claims to lands atClaims Of Ngatitioa And Others. Wairarapa and the country adjacent thereto and all the disputes we
have had in reference to these lands are now terminated in testimony of which
we the elder chiefs of Ngatiawa Ngatitama and Ngatitoa subscribe our names and
having entered into thisReceipt for £700, final payment. agreement we have been paid by Victoria Queen of England (£700) seven
hundred pounds which sum has been handed to 'us by Mr. McLean and we hereunto
affix our names and marks on this day on the (7) seventh of the days of
January 1854 One thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Donald McLean,
Land Comr.
Honiana te Puni x tona tohu.
Wikitoa Taringakuri x tona tohu.
Rawiri Puaha x tona tohu.
Wi Tako.
Moturoa te Ropiha x tona tohu.
Ko Porutu x tona tohu.
Witnesses—
H. J. Kemp,
Native Secy., J. P., Wellington.
John P. Russell,
Settler, Wangai Moana, Wairarapa.
True Translation.
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
March 29, 1856.
A True Copy of Original Deed and Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
February 8th, 1876.