208 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. VII. 
agreed u|)on after much deliberation. This document 
is such a curiosity in politics, and so wise in the sim- 
plicity of its provisions for the circumstances contem- 
plated, that I venture to transcribe it entire at this 
place. 
(Agreement.) 
We, the undersigned, intending to inhabit the New 
Zealand Land Company's first and principal settlement, 
with the view to provide for the peace and order thereof, 
do hereby agree among ourselves, and pledge our honour 
to submit ourselves to the following provisional Regu- 
lations, and to enforce them on each other ; that is to 
say, — 
1st. That all the persons, parties to this agreement, 
shall submit themselves to be mustered and drilled 
under the direction of persons to be appointed as here- 
inafter mentioned. 
2nd. That in case any of the persons, parties to this 
agreement, shall commit any offence against the law of 
England, he shall be liable to be punished in the same 
manner as if the offence had been committed in Eng- 
land. 
3rd. That in case any dispute shall arise between any 
of the persons, parties to this agreement, such disputes 
shall be decided in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 
4th, That a committee shall be formed of the fol- 
lowing persons : — 
Colonel William Wakefield, the Company's 
Principal Agent ; 
George Samuel Evans, Barrister-at-Law ; 
Hon. W. H. Petre ; 
Dudley Sinclair, Esq. ; 
Francis A. Molesworth, Esq. ; 
Capt. Edward Daniell: 
