460 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. XVII. 
* should be sent, William Hobson, a Captain in the 
' Royal Navy, a Governor for all the places in New 
' Zealand that are yielded now or hereafter to the 
* Queen ; she says to the Chiefs of the Assemblage 
' of the Tribes of New Zealand and other Chiefs be- 
* sides, these laws which shall be spoken now. 
" Here's the first. — Here's the Chiefs of the Assem- 
' blage and all the Chiefs also who have not joined 
' the Assemblage mentioned cede to the utmost to the 
' Queen of England for ever continually to the utmost 
' the whole Governorship of their lands. 
" Here's the second. — Here's the Queen of England 
' arranges and confirms to the Chiefs, to all the men 
' of New Zealand, the entire Chieftainship of their 
' lands, their villages, and all their property. But 
' here's the Chiefs of the Assemblage, and all the 
' Chiefs besides, yield to the Queen the buying of 
* those places of land, where the man whose the land 
* is shall be good to the arrangement of the payment 
* which the buyer shall arrange to them who is told 
* by the Queen to buy for her. 
" Here's the third. — This, too, is an arrangement 
' in return for the assent to the Governorship of the 
* Queen. The Queen of England will protect all the 
' native men of New Zealand. She yields to them all 
' the rights one and the same as her doings to the 
* men of England. 
" (Signed) W. Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor. 
" Now, here's we, here's the Chiefs of the Assem- 
" blage of the Tribes of New Zealand, who are con- 
" gregated at Tf^aitangi ; here's we, too, here's the 
" Chiefs of New Zealand who see the meaning of 
" these words, we accept, we entirely agree to all. 
'* Truly, we do mark our names and marks. 
" This is done at ff^aitangi, on the six of the days 
