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 ; 
