The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand, February 5 and 6, 1840

by William Colenso

THE

AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE HISTORY

OF THE

SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI,

NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY 5 AND 6, 1840;

 

BEING A FAITHFUL AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL, THOUGH BRIEF, NARRATION OF EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED ON THAT MEMORABLE OCCASION; WITH COPIES OF THE TREATY IN ENGLISH AND MAORI, AND OF THE THREE EARLY PROCLAMATIONS RESPECTING THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONY.

 

BY

W. COLENSO, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), Etc.

 

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“Quæquæ ipse vidi, et quorum fui.”—Virg.

While Silence is truly golden, Facts speak loudly and significantly.

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WELLINGTON.

By Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer.

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1890.
[All rights reserved.]

THE

AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE HISTORY

OF THE

SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI,

NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY 5 AND 6, 1840:

 

BEING A FAITHFUL AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL, THOUGH BRIEF, NARRATION OF EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED ON THAT MEMORABLE OCCASION; WITH COPIES OF THE TREATY IN ENGLISH AND MAORI, AND OF THE THREE EARLY PROCLAMATIONS RESPECTING THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONY.

 

BY

W. COLENSO, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), Etc.

 

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“Quæquæ ipse vidi, et quorum fui.”—Virg.

While Silence is truly golden, Facts speak loudly and significantly.

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WELLINGTON.

By Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer.

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1890.
[All rights reserved.]

CONTENTS.

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	Page.
Preface	5
Introduction	7
Memoranda of signing Treaty of Waitangi	11
Appendix.
1. Proclamation by Captain Hobson, announcing that he has entered on his duties as Lieut.-Governor	37
2. Treaty of Waitangi, in English	38
3. Treaty of Waitangi, in Maori	40
4. Proclamation by Lieut.-Governor Hobson, asserting Sovereign rights in the Northern Island of New Zealand	41
5. Proclamation by Lieut.-Governor Hobson, asserting Sovereign rights over the whole of New Zealand	42
6. Map of locality	43