Transcriber's Note: Italics are indicated by _underscores_, and bold font by =equal signs=, while small capitals have been converted to full capitals. In the text a macron, denoting a long vowel, has been placed over the first "e" of Tamati Waaka Nene, the prominent Maori chief. He was also the recipient of a letter that was inserted into the book after it had been printed. This has been shifted to the end of the Appendix. In the letter "mu?u" has been transcribed as "mutu". The text contains quotations from instructions to Captain Hobson in 1839. After consulting alternative versions of these documents, the following corrections have been made to clarify their sense: -chapter I: "repair. By the nearness" changed to "repair. But the nearness"; -chapter III: "disappeared, or often as" changed to "disappeared, as often as". Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been removed except where they reflect quotations from other documents. THE TREATY OF WAITANGI [Illustration: THE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT. "The symbol on which have been engraved the articles of the treaty, so that eyes may look thereon from year to year." _Frontispiece._] THE TREATY OF WAITANGI OR HOW NEW ZEALAND BECAME A BRITISH COLONY BY T. LINDSAY BUICK AUTHOR OF "OLD MARLBOROUGH," "OLD MANAWATU," "AN OLD NEW ZEALANDER" WELLINGTON N.Z. S. & W. MACKAY LAMBTON QUAY 1914 Dedication TO ROBERT M'NAB M.A., LL.B., F.R.G.S. TO WHOSE ENTERPRISE AND SELF-SACRIFICE WE OWE THE RECOVERY OF SO MUCH OF OUR FAST RECEDING HISTORY I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS BOOK PREFACE