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

Author: H. Hanson Turton

Publication details: George Didsbury, 1877

Part of: He reo nō ngā whakaritenga me ngā pukapuka here / Language of agreement and obligation

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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

[Deed Receipts—No. 54.]

page 738

Deed Receipts—No. 54.

Opopo Block, Waiheke, Auckland District.

£85 . 0 . 0.

Akarana, 31 Hurai, 1854.

1854. 31 July.Auckland District.Kua riro mai ki au na te Makarini nga pauna moni e waru tekau ma rima. Ko etahi Opopo. enei o nga utu mo te whenua i tukua ki Opopo ki Waiheke.

Receipt for £85, advance.Hori Pokai.

Nga Kai Titiro—

John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa.
John Dunn, Policeman, New Plymouth.

Translation.

Auckland, 31st July, 1854.

1854. 31 July.I have received this day from Mr. McLean the sum of Eighty-five pounds, being part Opopo. payment of the land sold at Opopo Waiheke.

Receipt for £85, advance.Hori Pokai.

Witnesses—

(Sd.) John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa.
" John Dunn, Policeman, New Plymouth.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, August 3rd, 1875.