Translation.
Auckland,
31st May, 1854
1854. 31 May.
I have received
from Mr. McLean the sum. of seventy two pounds (£72) as paymentWhaingaroa.
Receipt for £72, advance
for some portion of our land at Whaingaroa which we have now for ever given up to Victoria the Queen of England.Hemi Matini
Witness—
Sd. John P. Russell
A True Copy of Original-Receipt and Translation.
Wellington August. 3rd 1875.