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of Nukuhiva, and Sovereign Chief of New Zealand, came and 
tried to establish himself as such : he brought with him several 
persons as the heads of different departments of his govern- 
ment ; but the natives laughed at his pretensions, which were 
soon forgotten ; his real object was to obtain a footing in the 
land, and then transfer his claims to the French. 
1837, the New Testament was first printed at the Mission 
Press of Paihia ; it has had a remarkable influence on the 
country, and not only tended to assimilate the language 
throughout the island, and fix it, but has been the grand 
means of destroying heathenism in New Zealand. The same 
vessel which brought the Maori New Testament from Sydney, 
where it was sent to be bound, also conveyed Bishop Pompa- 
lier and his staff, to found a Mission of the Church of Rome. 
The Rev. Samuel Marsden likewise paid his seventh and 
last visit to the country ; he went to see all the churches 
which he had been the honored instrument of founding. The 
natives received him with the greatest respect, and the largest 
number ever assembled together, met to honor the father of 
the Gospel in New Zealand ; he was then nearly seventy-two, 
and died the following year. Thus, in the same year, three 
great events occurred: — 1. The arrival of the Maori New 
Testament; 2. Of Mr. Marsden, the founder of the Mission, 
who thus saw the Scriptures in the Maori tongue, the earnest 
of success and the antidote to false doctrine; 3. The Roman 
Catholic Church Mission commenced. 
1839, the Kapiti Mission was commenced; the New 
Zealand Land Company was re-established, and obtained 
a charter. In August of the same year. Captain Hobson, 
R.N., received a commission as Consul and Lieutenant- 
Governor of New Zealand, depending on the submission 
of the natives to the Queers authority ; and in February 
1840, a grand Council was held at Waitangi, when all the 
Chiefs of that part of the Island accepted the Queen's 
supremacy ; a treaty was entered into with them, which 
they signed ; this was mainly accomplished by the influence 
of the Missionary body and was called the treaty of Waitangi, 
from the place of the meeting ; a second Council was held at 
