...as the sole sovereign thereof. " Article the Second. — Her Majesty the Queen of England conßrme and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand,...full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their funds and estates, forests, ßsheries, and other properties which they muy collectively or individually...

...performing what we had really promised the natives. The Second Article of the Treaty of Waitangi — " Confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of...which they may collectively or individually possess," &c. This is the common provision, on taking possession of any country, for guaranteeing to the inhabitants...

...exercise or to pos" sess over their respective territories as the sole sove" reigns thereof. " Article 2. Her Majesty the Queen of England " confirms and guarantees..." New Zealand, and to the respective families and in" dividuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed " possession of their lands and estates,...

...cultivation appeared to me wholly irreconcilable with the large words of the treaty of Waitangi : " lands and estates, forests, fisheries and other properties...which they may collectively or individually possess," and of which, " the full exclusive and undisturbed possession " is thereby " confirmed and guaranteed...

...I shall now venture, often as it has been referred to, to read it to the House. It is this : — " Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes ol New Zealand, and to the respective fumilie and individuals ihereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed...

...lands in the actual culture or personal occupation of the Natives : the British Government thereby guarantees 'to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand,...fisheries, and other properties which they may collectively and individually possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession/...

...instructed most honourably and scrupulously to fulfil the conditions of the treaty of Waitangi ; by which the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of...estates, forests, fisheries, and other properties which the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and the respective families and individuals thereof, may collectively...

...cultivation, appeared to me wholly irreconcilable with the large words of the Treaty of Waitangi—' Lands and estates, forests, fisheries, and other properties...which they may collectively or individually possess,' and of ' which the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession is thereby confirmed and guaranteed...

...II. Her Majesty the queen of England confirms and guarantees to te chiefs and tribes of New-Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof,...possession of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries, ond other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wich...

...thpfull, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries, ond other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wich and desire to retain the same in their possession. But the chiefs of the united tribes, and the...