The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand, February 5 and 6, 1840
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THE
AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE HISTORY
OF THE
SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI,
NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY 5 AND 6, 1840;
BY
W. COLENSO, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), Etc.
“Quæquæ ipse vidi, et quorum fui.”—Virg.
While Silence is truly golden, Facts speak loudly and significantly.
WELLINGTON.
By Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer.
1890.
[All rights reserved.]
THE
AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE HISTORY
OF THE
SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI,
NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY 5 AND 6, 1840:
BY
W. COLENSO, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), Etc.
“Quæquæ ipse vidi, et quorum fui.”—Virg.
While Silence is truly golden, Facts speak loudly and significantly.
WELLINGTON.
By Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer.
1890.
[All rights reserved.]
CONTENTS.
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 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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