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But the chiefs are to give to the Queen the right of purchasing all 

 the lands that the owners are willing to sell, at the price they choose 

 to put on it, and the Queen says she will pay for it herself. 



Thirdly. This is the consent to the government of the Queen. 

 The Queen will protect all the natives of New Zealand, and secure 

 to them all the rights and privileges of the people of England. 



(Signed) William Hobson, 



Consul and Lieutenant- Governor. 



We the chiefs at the collection of the tribes of New Zealand, 

 assembled at Waitanga, are the chiefs of New Zealand, and see the 

 truth of these words and accept them, and therefore we put our 

 names and marks thereto. 



Done at Waitanga on the 6th day of February, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. 



TRANSLATION OF THE TREATY. 



Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of England, in her gracious consi- 

 deration for the chiefs and people of New Zealand, and her desire to 

 preserve to them their lands and to maintain peace and order amongst 

 them, has been pleased to appoint an officer to treat with them for the 

 cession of their country, and of the islands adjacent. 



The Queen seeing that many of Her Majesty's subjects have 

 already settled in this country, and are constantly arriving, and that 

 it is desirable for the protection of the natives to establish a govern- 

 ment amongst them. 



Her Majesty has accordingly been pleased to appoint me, William 

 Hobson, a Captain in the Royal Navy, to be governor of such parts of 

 New Zealand as may be now or hereafter ceded to Her Majesty, and 

 proposes to the chiefs of the confederation of the united tribes of New 

 Zealand, and the other chiefs, to agree to the following articles : 



Art. I. The chiefs of the confederation of the united tribes, and 

 the other chiefs who have not joined the confederation, cede to the 

 Queen of England for ever the entire sovereignty of the country. 



Art. II. The Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the 

 chiefs and tribes, and to all the people of New Zealand, the possession 

 of their lands, dwellings, and all their property. But the chiefs of 

 the confederation and the other chiefs grant to the Queen the exclu- 



