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

Translation

Translation.

Waimate, 25th February, 1863

1863. 25 February.

I have this day received thro’ the hands of H. T:

Kemp, L. P. Commissioner

the Sum

Puketutu.

of One Hundred & twenty pounds sterg., being the payment for the piece of Land

Receipt for £120.

situated on the Keri Keri River and known by the name of "Puketetu" which has been surveyed by Mr. Fairburn & us together; It is also known by the name of "Hororoa," and when the map is finished and the Reserve marked off for the Natives, we undertake fully to attach our names to the Deed of Conveyance.

(Signed) Hare Wirikake. Te Wera. Mihaka. (Signed) Piripi Korongohi Na Hare i mea kia. tuhia. Wi Kaire. Na Hare i mea kia. tuhia. H. T. Kemp, D.C.

Witnesses—

Marsden Clarke, Clerk & Interpreter.
William P. Kemp, Clerk & Interpreter.

"True Translation."
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, August 17th, 1874