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New Zealand Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette, Volume I, Issue I, 15 June 1840, Page 1

hundred and forty, made and executed by me, WILLIAM HOBSON, a Captain in the Royal Navy, Consul, and LieutenantGovernor in New Zealand, vested for this purpose with full powers by Her Britannic Majesty, of the one part, and the Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand, and the separate and lndependent Chiefs of New Zealand, not Members of the Confederation, of the other; and further ratified and confirmed by the adherence of the Principal Chiefs of this Island of New Zealand, commonly called "The Northern Island," all Rights and Powers of Sovereignty over the said Northern Island were ceded to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, absolutely and without reservation. Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM HOBSON, Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand, in the Name and on the Behalf of Her Majesty, do hereby Proclaim and Declare to all Men, that from and after the date of the above-mentioned Treaty, the full Sovereignty of the Northern Island of New Zealand, vests in Her Majesty Queen VICTORlA, Her Heirs and Successors for ever. Given under my Hand at Government House, Russell, Bay of Islands, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. (Signed) WILLIAM HOBSQN LIEUTENANT GOVEROR, By His Excellency’s Command, (Signed) Willoughby Shortland, Colonial Secretary. God save the Queen ! GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Colonial Secretary's Office, Russell, 9th June, 1840. HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct that notice of the following Appointments having been made under this Government from the dates set opposite the respective names, be published for general in formation: – Major Thomas Bunbury, 80th Regiment, commanding her Majesty’s Troops in New Zealand, appointed a Magistrate of the Territory:—30th March, 1840. Willoughby Shortland, Esquire, J. P., Acting Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records- 7th March, 1840. Felton Mathew, Esquire, J. P., Surveyor General — 1st January, 1840. John Johnson, Esquire, M. D., J. P. Colonial Surgeon— 6th February, 1840. Williams Davies, Esquire, M. D., Surgeon , Health Officer—lst June. 1840. William Cornwallis Symonds, Esquire. Police Magistrate —17th March, 1840 Charles Barrington Robinson, Esquire, Police Magistrate—28th March, 1840. Michael Murphy, Esquire, Police Magistrate – 30th March, 1840. H. D. Smart. Lieut. 28th Regiment. Magistrate of the Territory — 1st January, 1840.