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Maori
12 December 1849 Waitotara, Te Ihupuku To McLean Sir, Greetings to you as you lie there unwell. Sir, I have received your letter. On the 12th of December, I went to Wanganui, so I have just seen your letter to me; the Pakeha named Taitene brought it to me. You asked that I pay for that letter, which I have done, one sixpence. On account of the delay from the storms[?] it lay here and now, since it is calm, a reply to your letter can go to you at once, and this is it. That's all of that. Now, we have not yet met over the business
12 Tiheme 1849 Waitotara, Te Ihupuku Ki a Te Makarini E koro, Tena koe te takoto mai na i runga i te mate. E koro, kua tae mai tau pukapuka ki ahau. I tetahi tekau ma rua o nga ra o Tihema 12, ka tae atu ahau ki Wahanganui[sic], katahi ano au ka kite i tou reta moku, na Taitene te ingoa o te Pakeha nana i homai ki ahau. Ka karangatia mai ki a au kia utua atu e ahau te pukapuka ra, katahi ka utua atu e ahau, kotahi te hikipene. Ko te roa ra i nga ru[?] e takoto ana, na konei ka to, tae wawe atu he utu atu mo tou pukapuka, koia tena. Heoti ano. Tena, kahore ano matou i huihui i runga i te ritenga

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