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

[Deeds Receipts—No. 118.]

Deeds Receipts—No. 118.

Waikarakia Block, Whaingaroa District.

1854. 12 April.

Whaingaroa District

Kua riro

mai ki a matou na te Makarini i tenei ra i te tekau ma rua (12) o nga ra o Aperira i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1854 nga pauna moni e rima tekau (£50) hei

Waikarakia.

tangohanga utu mo runga mo to matou kainga mo te Waikarakia.

Receipt for £50

Ko nga utu katoa e karangatia ana e matou mo taua wahi e toru nga rau pauna

Boundaries

(£300) Kei te tirohanga ki te ruritanga o taua whenua te tino wakaritenga i nga utu amua ake nei Nga rohe o te whenua ka timata ki te Hue ka rere ki Tutaenei puta noa ki Pakoka ka haere i taua awa puta noa ki Kaikai ka rere ki Okahuroro ka tutaki i reira ki te wahi kua hokona e te Makarini ki a Hemi te Puke inanahi.

Na Rupena Rapatahi
Na Wiremu Nera
Na Hakopa
Na Hemi Puke
Te Wetine Mahikai x
Pene
Pirihira x
Ko Hera x
Ko Ruta x
Ruka te Wana x
Hemi Nero
Wiremu Tamihana x
Wata Rore

Witnesses

John P. Russell

E. Powell

Translation.

1854. 12 April.

Whaingaroa District

We have received

from Mr, McLean on this twelfth (12) day of April in the year of our Lord 1854 the sum of Fifty Pounds (£50) being a payment on account of our land te Waikarakia.

Waikarakia.

The total sum that was named by us for that place was three hundred Pounds (£300) When the land shall have been surveyed at a future period the payment will

Receipt for £50

be finally arranged. The boundaries of the land commence at te Hue thence to

Boundaries

Tutaenui and on to Pakoka thence by the river on to Kaikai thence to Okahuroro meeting there the land that was sold by Mr. McLean to Hemi te Puke yesterday.

Witnesses—

na Rupena Kapatahi
and 12 others

John P. Russell,

E. Powell