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Deed Receipts—No. 1. Oruru Block (Nopera’s Claims), Mangonui District.
Mangonui,
July 3rd, 1854
I the undersigned do hereby acknowledge to have received from W.
B. White Esqre 1854. 3 July.
Mangonui District.
Oruru. Rest. Magst. &c. the sum of One hundred pounds (£100) in consideration
of my claim Receipt for £100. (being the only native claim existing) at Oruru from its mouth to its source
extending Nopera’s claims. to and containing the old boundaries of Dr. Ford’s old purchase but which was
returned to me in consideration of other purchases by Dr. Ford. It is to be understood
that I also receive as soon as the same can be surveyed (100) one hundred acres of
land at Reserve. [100 acres.] Oruru including the present site of my pa and to be divided into two
allotments if required by the natives.
Witness and Interpreter—
Nopera.
H. Souther.
Witness to Payment—
Norton Butler.
William Henry Clarke.
Wm. Butler.
A True Copy of Original Receipt.
Wellington, August 4th, 1875