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2. All sovereign power and authority within the territories of the 

 United Tribes of New Zealand is hereby declared to reside entirely, 

 and exclusively, in the hereditary chiefs and heads of tribes in their 

 collective capacity : who also declare that they will not allow any 

 legislative authority separate from themselves in their collective 

 capacity to exist ; nor any functions of government to be exercised 

 within the said territories, unless by persons appointed by them, 

 and acting under the authority of laws regidarly enacted by them in 

 congress assembled. 



3. The hereditary chiefs and heads of tribes agree to meet in 

 congress at Waitangi, in the autumn of each year, for the purpose 

 of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the preservation of 

 peace and good order, and the regulation of trade ; and they cordi- 

 ally invite the southern tribes to lay aside their private animosities, 

 and to consult the safety and welfare of our common country, by 

 joining the confederation of the United Tribes. 



4. They also agree to send a copy of this declaration to his Ma- 

 jesty the king of England, to thank him for his acknowledgment of 

 their flag : and in return for the friendship and protection they have 

 she^\^l, and are prepared to shew to such of his subjects as have 

 settled in their country, or resorted to its shores for the purposes of 

 trade, they entreat that he will continue to be the parent of their 

 infant state, and that he will become its protector from all attempts 

 upon its independence. 



Agreed to unanimously on this 2Sth day of October 1835, in the 

 presence of his Britannic Majesty's Resident. 



Here follow the signatures, or marks, of thirty-five hereditary 

 chiefs and heads of tribes, which form a fair representation of the 

 tribes of New Zealand, from the North Cape to the latitude of the 

 river Thames. 



English witnesses, 

 (Signed) Henry Williams, Missionary C. M. S. 

 Geo. Clabke, C. M. S, 

 James C. Clendon, Merchant. 

 Gilbert Maix, Merchant. 



I certify that the above is a correct copy of the declaration of the 

 chiefs, according to the translation of missionaries who have resided 



