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

[Deed Receipts—No. 7.]

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Deed Receipts—No. 7.

Land at Tutaekuri, Province of Hawke's Bay.

Ahuriri, Aperira 11th, 1855.
1855. 11 April.Hawke's Bay.Kua riro mai ki ahau i tenei ra nga pauna moni kotahi te rau takitahi (£100) naTutaekuri. te Makarini i homai ki ahau hei utu tenei mo to matou wahi whenua kua oti i a matouReceipt for £100, first instalment. te hoko i tenei ra ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia a ake tonu atu.
Price, £200. Ko nga utu kua whakaaetia e te Makarini kia homai ki a matou mo tenei kainga e rua rau pauna takitahi (£200) ko tetahi rau ka homai ki a matou hei utunga whakamutunga mo tenei whenua me ka tae mai nga moni i Akarana.
Boundaries. Ka timata te rohe o tenei whenua ki te kongutuawa o Tutaekuri raua ka Purimu ka haere i roto i Tutaekuri tae noa ki te Pukeroa tae noa ki Ruahine tae noa ki Whakararanui tae noa ki te Oneahuahu tae noa ki Owhangai tae noa ki Tamihinu tae noa ki Pakaua ka tutaki ki runga ki te rohe tawhito ki Purimu.

Heoi ano kua oti tenei wahi te tino tuku rawa atu hei whenua pumau tonu iho ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarangi ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia a ake tonu atu.

Tareha.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

Robert Park, Govt. Surveyor.
G. S. Cooper, District Commr.

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Translation.

Ahuriri, April 11th, 1855.
I have received this day the sum of One hundred pounds (£100) from Mr. McLean1855. 11 April.Tutaekuri. which is the payment for our portion of land which we this day give up and make overReceipt for £100, first instalment. to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever.
The sum of money agreed to be given to us by Mr. McLean for this land is TwoPrice, £200. hundred pounds; the second instalment for this land of (£100) One hundred pounds is to be given to us when the money shall arrive from Auckland.
The boundaries of this land commence at the mouth of Tutaekuri and PurimuBoundaries. Creeks thence on in the Tutaekuri Creek until it joins the Pukeroa and thence to Ruahine and on to Whakararanui and on to Oneahuahu and on to Owhangai and on to Tamihinu and on to Pakaua where it joins the before mentioned boundary of Purimu.

We have fully given up and made over this land to Victoria the Queen of England and to the Kings or Queens who may succeed her for ever.

Tareha.

Witnesses to the payment and signatures—

Robert Park, Govt. Surveyor.
G. S. Cooper, District Commr.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Torton.

Wellington, February 19th, 1876.

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