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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.


“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.
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