Pukahu Block, Province of Hawke's Bay.
[i roto i te reo Pākehā]
Nepia,
Akuhata 5, 1858.
1858. 5 August.Hawke's Bay.Kua riro mai ki a matou i tenei ra nga pauna moni e rua tekau
na te Kupa i homaiPukahu. hei utu mo to matou whenua mo Pukahu kua oti te whakaae i tenei ra kia
tukua ki teReceipt for £20. Kuini o Ingarangi. E hara tenei i te tino utu mo tenei kainga, hei
ritenga tenei mo to matou whakaaetanga me whakarite enei moni me nga moni katoa
mo tenei kainga a te wa e oti ai nga korero katoa me te ruri o tenei whenua.
te Moana Nui x his mark.
Na Eraihia.
Pene tiki.
Na
Pene.
Aperahama x.
te Hira x.
Nikera.
Nga Kai titiro—
H. Fitzgerald, District Surveyor, Napier.
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
Napier,
August 5th, 1858.
1858. 5 August.We have this day received from Mr. Cooper the sum of Twenty
Pounds sterling asPukahu. payment for our land, for Pukahu, which we have this day consented to
give up to theReceipt for £20. Queen of England. This is not the full consideration for this land, but
an earnest for it on account of our consenting. These and all other monies given
for this land will be arranged at the time when the final agreement is made and
the land surveyed.
[Signatures as above.]
[Witnesses as above.]
A True Copy of Original Receipt.
H. Hanson Turton.
Wellington,
September 23rd, 1874.