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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two
Translation
[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]
Translation.
1859. 15 August.We have received on this 15th day of August 1859, the sum of
forty pounds £40 fromTukuwaru Reserve Mr. McLean. This is a payment to us for our land called te Tukuwaru,
which wasReceipt for £40. reserved for us when the land was first sold to the Queen. This land we
have finally and entirely sold and assured under the shining sun of this day,
with all its trees, and the soil itself, we have conveyed the whole as a sure
possession to Victoria the Queen of England Her Heirs and the Kings and Queens
Her Successors for ever.
Te Hapuku x his mark,
&c., &c., &c.
Witnesses—
G. S. Cooper.
Peter Bourke.
True Translation.
G. S. Cooper, D.C.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, March 1st, 1876.