1857. 13 October.Whangarei District.Kua riro mai Ma matou i tenei ra i te tekau ma toru (13) o nga ra o Oketopa i te tau o to tatou Ariki kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma whitu (1857) nga pauna moni Otaiheke. E rua rau e rima tekau ma tahi pauna kotahi herein (£251 . 1 . 0) he utu timatatiga Receipt for £251 . 1 . 0, first instalment. enei mo to matou whenua mo Otaiheke e tukua nei e matou i tenei ra hei kainga pumau tonu iho ki a Wikitoria ki te Kuini o Ingarani ki nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri iho i a ia ake tonu atu.

Boundaries. Ko nga rohe enei ka timata i te one o Rangaunu ki te Wai-keri-a-wera ka ahu whakauta ki te awa o Hoteo ki Wai-te-whaonga; ka ahu whakararo ki te rohe o Mangawhai ko te awa tonu o Hoteo te rohe—ki Waititi ka koki ka ahu ki te Moana ki te Arai i runga tonu ano o te rohe o Mangawhai ka haere tonu mai i te one a Te Wai-keri-a-wera ka hono i kona te rohe.

1857. 13 October. Received by us this day the thirteenth (13) of October in the year of our Lord One Whangarei District. thousand Eight hundred and fifty seven 1857 the sum of Two hundred and fifty one pounds, one shilling stg £251 . 1 . 0 as the first instalment for our land Otaiheke which we this day make over as a lasting possession to Victoria Queen of England and to the Otaiheke. Kings and Queens who may succeed her for ever.

Receipt for £251 . 1 . 0, first instalment. The boundaries are these, commencing at the land of Rangaunu at the Wai-keri-a-Wera thence inland to the Hoteo Creek to Wai-te-Whaonga thence Northward to the Mangawhai boundary (the Hoteo Creek being the boundary) to Waititi thence turning Boundaries. backward to the sea to the Arai on the Mangawhai boundary thence coming on the sand to Te Wai-keri-a-Wera where the boundary joins.