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NEW ZEALAND.
MEMORIAL
TO HIS GRACE THE
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
TOGETHER WITH
A MEMORANDUM
NEW ZEALAND AFFAIRS.
LONDON:
CHURCH MISSIONARY HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE.
1861.
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LONDON:
T. C.. JOHNS AND SON, PRINTERS,
ST. BRIDE'S. FLEET STREET.
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CONTENTS.
MEMORIAL.......v
MEMORANDUM.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS......1
WIREMU KINGI'S TRIBAL RIGHT IN THE WAITARA A MATTER FOR JUDICIAL ENQUIRY.......2
(1.) The Tribal Right not Extinguished....4
(2.) Kingi's Personal Claim as Chief....10
TE TEIRA'S TITLE ALLEGED TO BE INCOMPLETE......14
THE PRECIPITATE DECLARATION OF WAR......18
APPENDIX.
THE TRIBAL RIGHT, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SYSTEM OF LAND TENURE IN NEW ZEALAND.....25
POLICY OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DIRECTED TO THE MODIFICATION OF THE TRIBAL TENURE... 31
APPREHENSIONS OF A FORCIBLE INTERFERENCE WITH THE TRIBAL RIGHT........32
THE MAORI KING MOVEMENT AND THE QUEEN'S SUPREMACY.......36
GENEALOGIES OF KINGI AND TEIRA........37
RESOLUTIONS OF THE NATIVE CONFERENCE......38
KINGI'S PERSONAL SERVICES TO THE GOVERNMENT.....39
SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNOR IN NATIVE AFFAIRS......40
PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW.......ib.
SUBSEQUENT MEASURES OF THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.....41
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