Ko te tuhituhinga o tenei pukapuka i te 17 o nga ra o Hanuere i te tau 1854, ko te 1854. 17 January.Auckland District. whakaaetanga o Ngatai te tangata i te motu o Rangitoto, ko te whakaaetanga o te Rangitoto Island. Kuini tanga o Engarangi, mona mo tona wahi—Na ka whakaae a Ngatai, te tangata i taua motu a Rangitoto, kia tukua atu taua motu kia te Kuini o Engarangi, ki ona uri i muri i a ia, ake tonu atu, te motu o Rangitoto hei utu mo nga pauna ko tahi tekau ma Receipt for £15 rima—koia ka tuhia i tona whakaaetanga—ki te riro tanga o nga pauna tekau ma rima ki roto ki ona ringaringa.

This Deed entered into on the 17th of January in the year 1854 being the consent of Ngatai the owner of the Island of Rangitoto being also the consent of the Queen of 1854. 17 January.Rangitoto Island. England on her part, now Ngatai the owner of the said Island doth hereby consent to page 290sell to the Queen of England and her heirs and successors for ever the Island of Rangitoto for the sum of £15 hence his now signing his name having first received the £15 Receipt for £15 into his hands.