Kua riro mai ki a matou na te Makarini i tenei ra i te toru tekau ma tahi (31) o nga 1854. 31 July. Hauraki District. Te Koutu. ra o Hurae i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1854. nga pauna moni e rua tekau takitahi: ko te Receipt for £20, first instalment. utunga timatanga tenei mo to matou kainga ki Hauraki, ko te Koutu te ingoa o taua whenua. Ka timata te rohe o waho ki Ngatahae ka rere ki uta i roto o te awa puta noa Boundaries. ki Wharepoha ka ahu ki te Koutu ka wakaeke i roto o te awa rahi puta noa ki Hauraki tutuki noa ki Ngatahae: me ona awa me ona rakau me ona wai me ona kohatu me ona harakeki me ona aha noa iho o taua whenua, Kua oti atu nei i a matou i tenei ra e witi ki a Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarini ake tonu atu. Kia oti nei te ruri ka wakatumautia nga utu e toe ake ana.

We have received from Mr. McLean this thirty first (31) day of July in the year of 1854. 31 July. Te Koutu. our Lord 1854 the sum of Twenty pounds once told being the first instalment for our land named Te Koutou situated at Hauraki The boundary commences at Ngatahae Receipt for £20, first instalment. thence up the course of the stream to Wharepoha thence to te Koutu and down the Awarahi to Hauraki and Ngatahae with its streams, timber, waters, minerals flax and Boundaries. whatsoever appertains thereunto which we now give up under the shining sun of this day to Victoria the Queen of England for ever. The final instalment will be paid when the Land has been surveyed.