A US TRA LA SI A ILL US TRA TED. 



present signed a declaration descriptive of the day's proceedings, and on Monday, the 

 4th of February, an address of congratulation, written by Doctor, now the Honourable 

 Dr. Pollen, M.L.C., was presented to his Excellency by the inhabitants of Kororareka, 

 assuring him of their loyalty and desire to " aid him in establishing law, order and 

 security for life and property in an improving and important colony." Notices in the 

 native language had been circulated on the Friday previous stating that Captain Hobson 



would, on the 5th of 

 February, hold a 

 meeting of the chiefs 

 for the purpose of 

 explaining to them the 

 Royal Instructions he 

 had received, and of 

 placing before them a 

 copy of a treaty he 

 would submit for their 

 adoption. This treaty, 

 since known as the 

 famous "Treaty of 

 \\ aitangi," on which 

 was based the title 

 of the Crown to the 

 North Island, may be 



thus condensed : The preamble stated that the Queen of England, in her regard for 

 the Maori people, desiring to preserve for them their rights as chiefs and the posses- 

 sion of their lands, and also having heard that many of her subjects had settled in 

 New Zealand, and that more were about to follow to prevent troubles arising between 

 the two races, had thought it right to send William Hobson, Captain in the Royal 

 Navy, to be a Governor for all parts of New Zealand now or hereafter ceded to Her ; 

 to carry into effect which object the following articles of agreement are proposed : 



I. The chiefs of New Zealand cede to the Oueen forever the rigiit of Government 



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over the whole of New Zealand. 



II. Her Majesty the Oueen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and 

 tribes of New Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof, the full, 

 exclusive and undisturbed possession of their land and estates, forests and fisheries, and 

 other properties which they may collectively and individually possess, so long as it is 

 their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession. But the chiefs of the 

 united tribes, and the individual chiefs, yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of pre- 

 emption over such lands as the proprietors may be disposed to alienate, at such prices 

 as may be agreed upon between the respective proprietors and persons appointed by Her 

 Majesty to treat with them on Her behalf. 



III. In consideration for consent to the Queen's Government, the Queen will protect 

 all the Maori people and give them all the rights and privileges of British subjects. 



Under this Treaty the natives not merely ceded to the Queen the right to purchase 



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