Translation.
We have received
from Mr. McLean this eighth (8th) day of August in the year1854. 8 August.
Coromandel District.
of Our Lord 1854 the sum of Eighty pounds (£80) being the first instalment for our land Te Koma, when it has been surveyed the total amount of payment will be decided upon. The boundary commences on the South at Waitapu and runs inland along the side of Mania to Otumakoru thence it proceeds still further inland toTe Koma.
the path leading to Maungakawa, thence towards Waiau as far as Panetata thenceReceipt for £80, first instalment.
outwards along the ridge of Puketutu as far as Tuhaua and on to the sea, along the coast line it proceeds to Waitapu. Now we have fully consented to give upBoundaries.
for ever this land to Victoria the Queen of England with its streams timber minerals and all thereunto appertaining. And in testimony of our full consent we hereunto affix our names and marks.
Ko te Paketahi x his mark.
Wiremu Tutere Wanui.
Tutaki.
Tikapa Rapata.
Witnesses—
(Sd.) Hauaru x his mark. " John P. Russell, Settler,
Wairarapa.True Translation.
John Grant
Johnson,
Acting for Chief Commissioner.
A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation.
Wellington, August. 16th, 1875.