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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two

[Deed Receipts—No. 15.]

Deed Receipts—No. 15.

Te Rua-o-Taniwha South Block, Province of Hawke's Bay.

Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra i te tahi tekau ma rima (15) o nga ra o Aperira i te1857. 15 April.Hawke's Bay. tau 1857 nga pauna moni kotahi nei te rau takitahi (£100) na te Kupa i homai ki aRua-O-Taniwha South. matou ko te whakaotinga tenei o nga utu i whakaaetia kia homai ki a matou mo to matou kainga i whakaaetia kia tukua ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a matou a ake tonu atu. Ko nga utu i karangatia ai mo teneiPrice, £1,200. kainga kotahi te mano e rua rau takitahi (£1200). Kotahi rau moni o enei moni i homai
Received
22 Sept., '55£100
23 Mar., '56£1,000
15 Apr., '57100
£1,200
e te Makarini ki a te Hapuku i Akarana i te tau 1855. Kotahi te mano i homai ki a matou e te Kupa i te ra i tukua ai te whenua ara i te 22 o Maehe i te tau 1856. A ko te rua tenei o nga rau pauna e oti ai nga utu o tenei kainga. Kei te Rua-o-Taniwha tenei kainga ko Makaretu tetahi rohe ko Tukituki tetahi rohe otira kua oti nga rohe katoa te tuhituhi te whakahua i roto i te pukapuka o te tukunga i te tangohanga o te mano o nga pauna.Boundaries.

Nokonei hoki no te rironga mai o enei moni ka tuhia iho o matou ingoa me o matou tohu ki tenei Pukapuka.

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Te Hapuku Ika o te Moana x.
Ropata te Waiariki x.
Tawhara x.
Hinepaketia X.
Erena Mekemeke x.
Roka Ringawhati x.
Riwai Kaihaere x.
Ropata te Ngahu x.
Hakatohe Pehi x.
Hanita te Maero x.
Wiremu te Roikuku x.
Hoani te Oke x.
Wiremu Toke x.
Ripeka Hekeheke x.
Ripeka x.
Matariri Tungane x.
Wiremu te Whareraupo x.
Paraone Tohirangi x.
Tipene te Apatu x.
Hamuera Puku x.
Hupata te Waiariki x.
te Naera Mekeruhi x.
Ataneta Heke x.
Winiata Waihi x.
Makarini x.
Rohi x.
Poua x.
Kerei Tanguru.
Ihekiera te Rauparaha.
Nirai Hamoa x.
Wehipeihana te Rore x.
Tamihana te Whareraupo x.
Himiona te Maka x.
Henare Tanguru x.
te Watene Haehae x.
te Retimana te Rangikawhiua x.
Mehaka te Apatu x.
Hataraka te Waha x.
te Manibera Kaitoha x.
Ngaehe x.
Hakaraia Taiamai x.
Hone Takawhata x.
Hona Raukawa x.
Pehi te Ahi x.
Nepitarima te Ngauhe x.
Oruru x.
Oriwia Hauri x.
Waihi x.
te Whango x.
te Aomahuta.

Nga Kai titiro ki tenei homaitanga moni me enei tuhinga ingoa—

Wm. R. D. Ferguson, Settler, Pakowhai.
te Waka Rewharewha, Te Aute.
Ko te Wiremu Pukapuka, Rangitikei.

Translations.

1857. 15 April.We have received on this day the fifteenth 15 of April in the year One thousandRua-O-Taniwha South. eight hundred and fifty seven 1857 the sum of One hundred pounds once told £100 given to us by George Cooper Esquire being the final payment as agreed to be given to us for our Land which we consented to transfer to Victoria the Queen of England andPrice, £1,200. to Her Successors Kings and Queens for ever and ever. The payment promised for
Received—
22 Sept., '55£100
23 Mar., '56£1,000
15 Apr., '57100
£1,200
this Land was One thousand two hundred pounds once told £1200. One hundred pounds of this sum was paid by Donald McLean Esquire to Te Hapuku at Auckland in the year 1855. One thousand pounds was paid to us by George Cooper Esquire on the day of the sale of the Land that is to say on the 22nd day of March in the year 1856. And this is the second hundred being the final payment for the Land. This place is at the Rua-o-Taniwha Makaretu being one boundaiy and Takituki being another boundary,Boundaries. but the boundaries have been all recited and set forth in the Deed of Sale on the receipt of the One thousand Pounds.

Wherefore on the receipt of this sum we sign our names and marks to this Deed.

Te Hapuku x Ika o te Moana,
and 49 other signatures.

Witnesses to this payment and to these signatures—

Wm. R. D. Ferguson, Settler, Pakowhai.
Te Waka Rewharewha, Te Aute.
Ko te Wiremu Pukapuka, Rangitikei.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, February 19th, 1876.