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Translation.
Received by me from D. McLean. Esquire on this day the
eighteenth (18th) of January1862. 18 January. 1862 the sum of Thirty Pounds £30 as a final and completion of payments to
me for allTuhitarata my lands at "Tuhitarata" Wairarapa which have been sold to the Crown. The
paymentReceipt for £30. on this land is completed but this sum is given to me as a pledge of love
by the Government.
Mitai Poneke x.
Witnesses—
Hemi te Miha.
Raniera te Iho.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, January 20th, 1876.