Translation.
We Have Received from Mr. McLean on this day, on the twenty
ninth (29) day of1854. 29 November.Kaimatarau. November 1854 Two hundred Pounds m money (£200) in payment for our land at
Parinuiokuaka which we surrender to Victoria the Queen of England on this day as
aReceipt for £200. firm possession for the Europeans for ever and ever. The boundaries of the
land commenceBoundaries. at the bank of the Kaimatarau stream, running on to Whakaraetoka, where it
crosses the river, and runs below the Waimahuahua in a southerly direction to
Wheturangi, to Kahurangi, to Kaimatarau, where it ends. The above piece of land we
have finally given up to Victoria the Queen of England on this day, the final
settlement as to Price shall be arranged between ourselves and Mr. McLean when the
surveys are completed, so that the quality of the land may be seen by the
Europeans then all arrangements respecting this land will be finally made.
Signed Namana.
Eramiha.
Ngatuere x his mark.
Witnesses to the Payment and Signatures—
Signed. G. S. Cooper, District Commissioner.
John P. Russell,
Settler, Wairarapa.
A True Translation.
G. S. Cooper,
District Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
February 9th, 1876.