Translation.
No date.Pikau.John Halls.This is my document, that of Te Ruinga. A paper that all men
may know about the payment given by Mr. Hall for my land called the Pikau (at
Waiheke).
I alone am the owner of that land, of the place which is described below. With me
alone is the authority to sell this land.
Receipt. I have this day received, from Mr. Hall 2 double barrelled Guns, 10
Blankets, 5 Gown Pieces 200 sticks Tobacco.
[700 acres. This is the total payment for this place—for the land, for the trees, for
the streams, for the rocks, and for every thing there. I give up (or leave) this
place for ever and ever. It is entirely surrendered to Mr. Hall.
[Signature.]
[Witness.]
No. 107.P.C. A True Copy of Original Deeds and Enclosure.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
20th October, 1880.