Translation.
Greytown,
9th day of November, 1870.
Wehave this day received a portion of the five per cents on our
block of land which we1870. 9 November.Wairarapa District. sold to the Government formerly in the Wairarapa District, the name of the
block is Waiwharawhara te Whareama No. 1. We have this day received the five per
cents dueWhareama No. 1. from the date of the cession of the land up to the 30th June 1869. The
amount of fiveReceipt for £110. [Five per cents.] per cents we have now received is one hundred and ten pounds sterling and
the Government will furnish us with the accounts of the pieces sold within that
block up to that time. Mr. Kemp Commissioner of the Government has paid us these
five per cents in the presence of Mr. Wardell, Resident Magistrate of the
Government of New Zealand at Wairarapa.
(Sd.) Piripi Iharaira.
"
Na Henata.
"
Huriana Ngahui, and 4 others.
Witness—
(Sd.) Herbert S. Wardell, R.
M., Wairarapa.
" H. S. Byrn, Constable, Wairarapa District.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington,
January 4th, 1876.
H. Hanson
Turton.