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

Translation

Translation.

Auckland, 19th July, 1854

1854. 19 July

We have received

from Mr. McLean the sum of Fifty Pounds (£50) a first instalment

Rangitoea.

for our land at Waikato. The boundary commences at Rangiriri thence inland to

Receipt for£50, first instalment

Tirangi, thence to Patunga Te Tarutaru and following the course of the Whangamarino stream to Waitaua, Taurangakotare Kaitoniho and along the Waikato river to Rangiriri. The total amount of payment will be decided upon when the boundaries have been perambulated and the land surveyed.

Paora Taui,
and 19 others.

Witnesses—

John White, Interpreter

Archd. A. Mclnnes, Clerk in Native Dept.

Aperahama

A True Copy of Original Receipt and Translation

H. Hanson Turton

Wellington, August 3rd, 1875