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and 6th February, at Waitangi, at which missionaries, 

 settlers, and natives assembled to meet the Lieutenant- 

 Governor, will be found in Mr. Colenso's paper entitled 

 "The Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi," published by the 

 Government in 1890. It is full of historic incidents, and 

 shows how carefully the natives discussed the prospects of 

 their position, and the benefits likely to result by asking the 

 Queen to become their ruler. Undoubtedly Captain Hobson 

 showed admirable tact in dealing with a matter of such im- 

 portance. I shall not give here the terms of the treaty 

 or enter the Proclamations that followed the signing of the 

 treaty ; but, as the printing necessary for the requirements of 

 the new Government had to be done by Mr. Colenso at the 

 missionary press, it will be found of interest to give in regular 

 order the printing that was done after the meeting had been 

 held at which the treaty was first signed : — 



Feb. 17. Captain Hobson, R.N. : Compositing and printing 200 copies 



of treaty, foolscap folio, £1 10s. 6d.; 4£ quires of foolscap paper 



for above, at 2s., 0s. 

 Mar. 31. Captain Hobson, R.N. (ordered by W. Sbortland, Esq.) : 



Compositing and printing 100 impounding notices, £1 Is. ; 



2 quires folio post paper for same, at 3s., 6s. 



No further printing appears to have been done for the 

 new Administration till the 27th April, when the following 

 entry occurs : — 



April 27. Captain Hobson, R.N. : Compositing and printing 100 fools- 

 cap 4to circulars, 12s. ; 2\ quires foolscap paper for same, at 

 2s., 4s. 6d. 



May 4. Lieutenant-Governor Hobson : Compositing and printing 100 

 f lio post Proclamations, £1 Is. ; 2£ quires folio post paper, at 

 2s. 6d., 5s. 8d. 



May 6. Lieutenant- Governor Hobson : Compositing and printing 

 200 demy 4to Proclamations in native, £1 Is. ; 2 quires demy 

 paper for same, 5s. 



May 11. Printing 200 ditto, ditto, 8s. ; 2 quires demy paper for 

 same, 5s. 



May 22. Lieutenant-Governor Hobson: Compositing and printing 

 100 copies of fol:o foolscap Proclamation asserting Queen's 

 sovereignty over Southern Islands, £1 Is. ; comp isiting and 

 printing 100 copies of folio foolscap Proclamation asserting 

 Queen's sovereignty over Northern Island, &c, £1 Is. ; 4£ quires 

 of foolscap for above, at 2s., 9s. 



June 16. Government of New Zealand : Compositing and printing 

 100 Proclamations, corrected copy, asserting Queen's sovereignty 

 over New Zealand, £1 Is. ; 2J quires of foolscap for above, at 2s., 

 4s. 6d. 



It will be noticed here that a corrected Proclamation was 

 issued on the 16th June, it having been discovered by Mr. 

 Colenso that a serious error had occurred in the wording of 

 the Proclamation which was printed and issued on the 22nd 

 May, which ran as follows : " Now, therefore, I, William 

 Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, do hereby 



