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

[Deed Receipts—No. 74.]

Deed Receipts—No. 74.

Tirikohua Block, Manukau District.

Kua riro

mai ki au na to Makarini i tenei ra i te rima o nga ra o Hepetema i te

1855. 5 September.

Manukau District.

tau 1855 nga pauna moni kotahi tekau ma rima (£15 . 0 . 0) hei utu mo oku

wabi

whenua katoa ki te Tomotono ki te Wakapipi ki Purahokura te Matamata o Taumore

Tirikohua

(Ruka’ s Claims).

Ko enei wahi katoa ka oti pu i au te tino hoko te tino tuku rawa i tenei ra e witi nei ki a te Kuini o Ingarini ake tonu atu Ekore hoki au e rore ki runga ki nga wahi katoa

Receipt for £15.

o enei whenua ki Tirikohua kua oti atu te hoko imua ki nga pakeha no te mea kua riro mai enei moni hei whakaritenga ki au mo oku whenua.

Ruka Taurua x.
Henare Ngahiwi x.
Ruka Kapuarangi.

Witnesses

Ebenezer Baker, Clerk, Auckland.
William Bailey Baker, 1st Clerk, Land P. Dept.

Translation.

I have received

from Mr. McLean this the fifth day of September in the year 1855,

1855. 5 September.

the sum of Fifteen pounds (£15) as payment for my claims in the Tomotomo and

Tirikohua

(Ruka’s Claims).

the Wakapipi and Purahokura, and Matamata o Taumore, these Lands I fully give up and make over under the shining sun of this day to the Queen of England, for ever and

Receipt for £15.

ever. I shall not claim or interfere with any of these lands whatsoever, at Tirikohua, which has formerly been sold to the Europeans, because I have now received this sum of money in liquidation for my claims on these Lands.

(Signed) Ruka Taurua x.
" Henare Ngahiwi x.
" Ruka Kapuarangi.

Witnesses—

(Signed) Ebenezer Baker, Clerk, Auckland.
" William Bailey Baker, 1st Clerk, Land P. Dept.

True Translation.

Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.

March 19,1856.

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.

H. Hanson Turton.

Wellington, July 22nd, 1875.