TREATY OF WAITANGI, 1840.

Wanganui Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2125, 20 March 1874, Page 2

TREATY OF WAITANGI, 1840.

j [We accede to a request to publish jthe Treaty of Waitangi for the information of many who have heard of this wonderful document but have not seen it.]

Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, regarding with her royal favour the native chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and anxious to protect their just rights and property and to secure to them the enjoyments of peace and good order, has deemed it necessaiy, in consequence of the great number of Her Majesty's subjects who have already settled in New Zealand, and the rapid extension of emigration both from Europe and Australia, which is still in progress, to constitute and appoint a functionary properly authorised to treat with the aboriginies of New Zealand, for the recognition of Her Majesty's Sovereign authority over the whole or any part of those Islands. Her Majesty, therefore, being desirous to establish a settled form of Civil Government, with a view to avert the evil concequences which must result from the absence of the necessary laws and Institutions, alike to the Native population, and to Her Majesty's subjects, has been graciously pleased to empower and authorise one William Hobson, a Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Consul and Lieu- I tenant-General of such parts of New Zealand as may be or hereafter shall be ceded to Her Majesty, to invite the confederated and independent Chiefs of New Zealand to concur in the follow Articles and conditions :— Article I.—The Chiefs of the United Tribes of New Zealand, and the separate and independent Chiefs who have not become members of the confederation, cede to her Majesty the Queen of England, absolutely and without reservation, all the rights and powers of Sovereignty which the said Confederation and Individual Chiefs respectively exercise or possess or may be supposed to exercise or possess over their respective territories as the sole Sovereigns thereof.

Aukcle 2.—Her Majesty the Queen confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and the respective families and individuals thereof, the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates, Forests, Fisheries, and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession, but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the individual Chiefs yield to her Majesty the exclusive right of pre-emption over such lands as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective proprietors and persons appointed by Her Majesty to treat with them in that behalf. Article 3.—ln consideration thereof, Her Majesty the Queen of England extends to the Natives of New Zealand Her royal protection, and imparts to them all the rights and privileges of British subjects. W. Hobson, Lieutenant. -Governor. No a-therefore. We the Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand having assembled in congress at Victoria, in Waitangi, and avg the separated and Independent Chiefs of New Zealand claiming authority over the Tribes and Territories which are specified after our respective names, having been made fully to understand the provisions of the foregoing Treaty, accept and enter into the same in the full spirit and meaning thereof, in witness of which we have attached our signatures and'marks at the places and dates respectively specified. Done at Waitangi, this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty.

RE6IDUNTMAGISTRATES COVET Friday, March 20th, 1874. (Before Major Edwards, E. M.) BREACH OF THE LICENSING ACT. Alfred Muller, was charged on the information of Constable Hogan, with keeping his house open between "the hours of 12 and 2on the morning of the 19th March instant. Mr Hodge appeared for the accused. Constable Hogan, sworn, said—l was on duty on the morning of the 19th from 12 to 4 o'clock ; I saw' somo men goino- into the Wangaimi Hotel about 1 o'clock • they were in about an hour ; I saw Mr Muller serving out some drink U> these men, through the window ; they left the house about 2 o'clock. Jiy llr Hodge—They went in atthe front door; it wnj through tha edge of the blind I saw Mr Muller serving tho drinks : that was about 1 o'clock. Oswald Middleton, deposed—l was staying -at the Wanganui Hotel on tho 19th insfc; I slept there that evening ; I was sitting in the paiior with the landlord, and a ->-entleinau named Harry ; it was the room next the bar ; if any drinks were served I would have seen them ; I went to bed about half-past 12 ; Mr Muller went to bed at the same time ; the house was not open afterwards for the purpose of selling Hquov n anybody went to the bar they would have logo through my room : and if anybody did go to the bar they would have wakened me as I am not a sound sleeper. Henry Burns, deposed—l was staying at the Wanganui Hotel on the mornin" in question ; I never went out after 12 • I^as m a private part of the house, sitting with some boarders : shortly after 12 I w°ent to bed : 1 did not see any drinks served out after that hour. Fined £2, and costs 14s. George Pearce was brought up on a similar charge, which he admitted. Fined £2, and costs 14s. John and Isabella McGregor v. Frank Led bury. Ihe it. 3VI. said that on account of th" Compensation Court holding its sittings in the Court House, this case would be adjourned till Tuesday next.