Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 18 May 1852 by Hone Ropiha in Waiwakaiho to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean,...

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who came to Halse and I to be appointed as an assessor. I've this to ask of you. Do you have a pound of Patara's, some shillings [from him]? If you say to me some shillings, £1, he will say his payment as guardian [?] was ten[?] He gave me that for my support of him while he was in jail. He spoke to Halse and I, and Halse agreed. He said it is quite true, twelve for a bag of flour, fourteen for half of sugar. If [you] say it is right to take that pound, then you have six shillings remaining for me. If you don't have it, then write to me. And once again concerning the land I'm asking for in town or elsewhere; if in town then perhaps arrange half an acre. If you finalise it, and I won't stop seeking it, then send a proposal to Halse. That's all. From your good friend, from Hone Ropiha

haere mai ki a maua ko Hare kia tuia hei kaiwhakawa. E ui atu tenei ki a koe, e pauna koia ta Patara kei a koe, e whia ranei hereni? Ki te ki mai koe e hereni ano, kotahi pauna e ki ana ia e utu tiakanga[?] nana i tekau[?]. Kua homai e ia tena ki au mo taku whakaaroranga[?] i a ia i roto i te whare herehere. Kua korero mai ki a maua ko Hare, kua whakaae a Hare. Kua mea ia e pono tonu: tekau ma rua mo te peke parawa, tekau ma wha mo te awe huka. Ki te mea ka pono tonu ka riro atu tena pauna, mau e ono hereni e toe ana ki au. Ki te kahore i a koe, me tuhituhi mai e koe. Tenei ano ta taua kupu mo te whenua e tohea e au nei ki te taone ranei ki whea ranei, ki te taone, me whakarite pea kia kotahi awe eka. Ki te mutu mai e koe, e kore e mutu taku rapurapu, me tuku mai e koe ki a Hare he tikanga. Heoti ano. Na tou hoa aroha, na Hone Ropiha

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