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 Thakomban, by the grace 
of God, sovereign chief of Bau and its dependencies, Vunivalu 
of the armies of Fiji and Tui Viti, 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, 
