Translation.
We have receivedfrom Mr. McLean and Mr. Cooper four pounds in
money (£4) in 1852. 11 August. Bell Block (Land within). payment for our lands within the boundary given by Rawiri Waiaua to the
Queen at Mangati (Bell Block).
This payment is for ourselves and all our children who have all joined in
surrendering Receipt for £4. the laid in question to the Queen henceforward for ever. And in
acknowledgment of the receipt or these four pounds, we have hereunto subscribed
our names and marks upon this 11th day of August in the year 1852.
Hamarama te Ngako x his mark.
Katara
te Rara.
Witnesses—
W. Halse, Commr. Cr. Lds.
John Rogan, New Plymouth.
James Ritchie, New
Plymouth.
A True Translation.
G. S. Cooper. A True Copy of Certified Receipt and
Translation.
H. Hanson
Turton.
Wellington,
February 9th, 1876.