DEED OF CESSION. 127 



" For and in consideration of which outlay, not less than two 

 hundred thousand (200,000) acres of land, if required, shall be 

 made over, transferred, and conveyed, in fee- simple, unto 

 Victoria, aforesaid Queen of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland aforesaid : the selection of which said land 

 shall be made by the commission hereinbefore named and re- 

 ferred to, to reimburse the immediate outlay required to liqui- 

 date the aforesaid claim of the President and Government of 

 the United States of America ; 



' ' And we, the aforesaid Ebenezer Thakombau, by the grace 

 of God, sovereign chief of Bau and its dependencies, Vunivalu 

 of the armies of Fiji and Tui Yiti, etc., do hereby make this 

 cession, transfer, and conveyance, of our sovereignty, and of 

 our islands and territories aforesaid, unto the aforesaid Victoria, 

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

 Britain and Ireland, etc., aforesaid, her heirs and successors 

 for ever, on behalf of ourselves, our heirs and successors for 

 ever; on behalf of our chiefs, their heirs and successors for 

 ever ; on behalf of our people and subjects, their heirs and suc- 

 cessors for ever ; hereby renouncing all right, title, and claim 

 unto our sovereignty, islands, and territories aforesaid, in so far 

 as herein stated ; 



" In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and 

 affixed our seal, this twelfth day of October, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. 



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" Signed, sealed, and ratified by the aforesaid Tui Viti, and 

 by him formally delivered, in our presence, unto William 

 Thomas Pritchard, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul in 

 and for the aforesaid Fiji ; the aforesaid Tui Viti, at the same 

 time, affirming and admitting to us personally, that he the 

 said Tui Viti fully, wholly, perfectly, and explicitly, under- 

 stands and comprehends the meaning, the extent, and the 

 purpose of the foregoing document, or deed of cession ; and 

 I, the undersigned John Smith Fordham, formerly of Sheffield, 



