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Pua-ta-hinga.

£154 Is. 6d. Auckland, 23rd April, 1874. Received from the Honorable the Native Minister, by the hands of Charles Heaphy, V.C., Commissioner of Native Reserves, the sum of one hundred and fifty-four pounds one shilling and sixpence, being full payment, to Ist April, 1874, of amounts owing to us as " Ten per cents." of proceeds of land sales in the Pua-ta-hinga Block, in the Province of Auckland, according to contract set forth in the deed of cession by us to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, dated the 23rd March, 1854. Wirihana and Ihaka. (Marginal plan.) H. C. Balneavis, Charles Goldsbro, (Trustees for Takaanini). Watarauihi. Paorawairere Te Keepa Matiu, x his mark. Paora Tuhaere. Witnesses— Chaeies H. Maechant, Native Reserves' Office, Wellington. Geo. Beown, Interpreter. £154 Is. 6d. Akarana, 23 Aperira, 1574. Kua riro mai i a matou na te Minita mo te Taha Maori na te ringaringa o Meiha Whiwhi Komihana mo nga Whenua Rahui i whakaputa mai nga moni kotahi te rave rimu te kau ma wha pauna kotahi hirini c ono kapa (£154 Is. 6d.) Ko nga moni katoa enei c tika ana kia puta mai ki a matou tae noa kite 1 o nga ra o Aperira, 1874, i runga i te kupu i whakaritea ki roto ki ta matou pukapuka Tuku i Puatahinga ki a Kuini Wikitoria i tuhituhia i te 23 o nga ra o Maihi, 1854, ara, kia Tekau Pauna o roto i te rau kotahi o ia rau o ia rau pauna o nga moni utu o nga piihi c hokona ana o taua whenua c whakaputa mai ki a matou. Wilson Takaanini. Whatarauihi. Paora Wairere. Te Keepa Matiu, x his mark. Paora Tuhaere. Witnesses to signatures and payment — Geo. Beown. C. H. Maechant.

£14 17s. Auckland, 23rd April, 1874. We hereby agree to hand over to the Government the sum of fourteen pounds seventeen shillings as payment for the trouble and expense in connection with the management of these moneys. Wirihana and Ihaka. Takaanini. H. C. Balneavis, Charles F. Goldsbro, (Trustees for Takaanini's sons). Watarauihi. Paora Wairere. Te Keepa Matiu, x his mark. Paora Tuhaere. Wilson Takaanini. Witnesses— Geo. Beown. C. H. Mabchant. Akarana, 23 Apirira, 1874. E Whakaae ana matou kite tuku atu i nga moni te kau ma wha pauna, te kau ma whitu hereni ki te Kawanatanga hei utu mo ta ratou whakahaere i enei moni (£l4 175.) Watarauihi. Paora Wairere. Te Keepa Matiu, x his mark. Paora Tuhaere. Wilson Takaanini. Kai-titiro— Geo. Beown. C. H. Maechant.

Hunua. £414 Bs. 3d. Auckland, sth May, 1874. Received from the Honorable the Native Minister, by the hands of Charles Heaphy, V.C., Commissioner of Native Reserves, the sum of four hundred and fourteen pounds eight shillings and threepence, being full payment, to Ist April, 1874, of amount owing to us as "Ten per cents." of proceeds of