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sive right of purchasing such lands as the proprietors thereof may be 

 disposed to sell, at such prices as shall be agreed upon between them 

 and the persons appointed by the Queen to purchase from them. 



Art. TIL In return for the cession of the sovereignty to the Queen, 

 the people of New Zealand shall be protected by the Queen of 

 England, and the rights and privileges of British subjects shall be 

 granted to them. 



(Signed) William Hobson, 



Consul and Lieutenant-Governor. 



Now we the chiefs of the confederation of the united tribes of New 

 Zealand, being assembled at Waitanga, and we the other chiefs of 

 New Zealand having \mderstood the meaning of these articles, accept 

 of them and agree to them all. In witness whereof our names or 

 marks are affixed. 



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

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. 



Here follow signatures of chiefs. 



END OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 



