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MAUNGATAUTARI PEEKE CHEQUE
Estimate:
$1,200 - $1,500
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$8,250
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MAUNGATAUTARI PEEKE CHEQUE
Cheque Stub, No 151. 'Hand written details Parawera 10 hurae 1894 [10 July 1894]
Te Kohiwhakah nit e momi o te Koroni...' [appears to be list of payees names with 5/- beside each name] Printed pound sign with 1-5-0.
A vertical rows of perforations, to the right two circular medallions one with a standing Māori warrior with korowai and holding a patu the other has three trees and three huia pecking the ground, between the medallions are the words ‘Ko Te utu Kei Te Peeke’. Below a canoe with four paddlers and a standing figure in the prow, to the right of the medallion a vertical row of text He Mea Ta ki te Whare o te pere pukauka I Akarana' [printer]. Top L/hand side of cheque is No 151 below that Maungatautari Peete. The cheque is filled in, written in Māori, on the right hand side below the printed 188 [date] is a circular rubber stamp with ‘Ingi Ki Tawhaio. The cheque is complete a narrow loss along the side where it has been detached from the Book, there is no loss of text, some toning and light browning. A complete cheque form, few examples are known to exist.
Maungatautari was a major centre of Māori settlement and had long been sought by Europeans eager to obtain the land. The land was purchased in 1872, settlement was delayed until 1881 due to Māori opposition. Large sums of money were paid to tribal owners who deposited firstly in Pakeha banks, then reasoned that if Europeans could make money from banks so could Māori. The bank established by the Māori King Tāwhiao in 1886.
Cheque Stub, No 151. 'Hand written details Parawera 10 hurae 1894 [10 July 1894]
Te Kohiwhakah nit e momi o te Koroni...' [appears to be list of payees names with 5/- beside each name] Printed pound sign with 1-5-0.
A vertical rows of perforations, to the right two circular medallions one with a standing Māori warrior with korowai and holding a patu the other has three trees and three huia pecking the ground, between the medallions are the words ‘Ko Te utu Kei Te Peeke’. Below a canoe with four paddlers and a standing figure in the prow, to the right of the medallion a vertical row of text He Mea Ta ki te Whare o te pere pukauka I Akarana' [printer]. Top L/hand side of cheque is No 151 below that Maungatautari Peete. The cheque is filled in, written in Māori, on the right hand side below the printed 188 [date] is a circular rubber stamp with ‘Ingi Ki Tawhaio. The cheque is complete a narrow loss along the side where it has been detached from the Book, there is no loss of text, some toning and light browning. A complete cheque form, few examples are known to exist.
Maungatautari was a major centre of Māori settlement and had long been sought by Europeans eager to obtain the land. The land was purchased in 1872, settlement was delayed until 1881 due to Māori opposition. Large sums of money were paid to tribal owners who deposited firstly in Pakeha banks, then reasoned that if Europeans could make money from banks so could Māori. The bank established by the Māori King Tāwhiao in 1886.
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