126 A MISSION TO VITI. 



grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, etc., her heirs and successors for ever, the full 

 sovereignty and domain in and over our aforesaid islands and 

 territories, together with the actual proprietorship and personal 

 ownership in certain pieces or parcels of land as may hereafter be 

 mutually agreed upon by a commission, to consist of two chiefs 

 from Great Britain and two chiefs from Fiji ; the said commis- 

 sion to be appointed by the representative of Great Britain in 

 Fiji, who, in case of dispute, shall himself be umpire ; the said 

 pieces or parcels of land to be especially devoted to government 

 purposes, and to be applied and appropriated in manner and 

 form appertaining to Crown lands in British colonies, or as the 

 local government of Fiji, appointed by commission from the 

 aforesaid Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland aforesaid, may deem fit, proper, and neces- 

 sary, for the use and requirements of the said local govern- 

 ment ; 



" Provided always, and the cession of our sovereignty and 

 our islands and territories is on these conditions, terms, and 

 considerations, that is to say ; 



" That the aforesaid Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland aforesaid, shall permit us to retain 

 the title and rank of Tui Viti, in so far as the aboriginal popu- 

 lation is concerned, and shall permit us to be at the head of the 

 department for governing the aforesaid aboriginal population, 

 acting always under the guidance, and by the counsels, of the 

 representative of Great Britain and head of the local govern- 

 ment appointed by commission from the aforesaid Victoria, 

 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 

 aforesaid ; 



" That the aforesaid Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland aforesaid, shall pay the sum of 

 forty-five thousand dollars (45,000) unto the President of the 

 United States of America, being the amount of the claim de- 

 manded from us, procuring for us and for our people a full 

 and absolute acquittance from any further liabilities to the said 

 President or Government of the United States of America 

 aforesaid ; 



