Translation.
1854. 26 July.
We have received
from Mr. McLean on this the 26th day of July in the year 1854 theHauraki.
sum of Fifty pounds (£50) being the first instalment for a portion of our land calledReceipt for £50, first instalment
Hauraki situated at Whangaroa. The boundaries are these,—it is bounded by the sea, and at Kerekerenga crosses over the isthmus to Waitetuna, which land we give up toBoundaries
Victoria the Queen of England for ever.
(Signed)
Potatau Wherowhero x
"
Patara Tuhi
Witnesses—
John P. Russell, Settler, Wairarapa
Archd. A. McInnes, Clerk, N.L.P. Dept
True Translation
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner
A True Copy of Original-Receipt and Translation.
Wellington September. 25th 1874.