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VOYAGE TO THE 
rican board of commissioners for foreign missions, incor¬ 
porated by the legislature of Massachusets, for the sole pur¬ 
pose of propagating the gospel among the heathen. That 
it is not for the mission to give laws to the nations, nor to 
interfere with the authority of the chiefs, nor to engage in 
commercial speculations, nor to be known otherwise than as 
propagators of the gospel; but, taking the Bible as their 
guide, their object in residing in these Islands is, to en¬ 
lighten the nation by the doctrines and duties of Chris¬ 
tianity, that they may obtain its everlasting rewards. This 
he repeated in the vernacular tongue : and the council then 
broke up. 
The paper which Lord Byron had delivered to Karai- 
moku, as containing his sentiments concerning the business 
on which the council had met, contained the following 
articles : 
1. That the king be the head of the people. 
2. That all the chiefs swear allegiance to the king. 
o. That the lands which are now held by the chiefs shall 
not be taken from them, but shall descend to their legiti¬ 
mate children, except in cases of rebellion, and then all 
their property shall be forfeited to the king. 
4. That a tax be regularly paid to the king to keep up 
his dignity and establishment. 
