(2) All Sovereign powers and authority within the territories of the United tribes of New Zealand is hereby declared to reside entirely and exclusively in the hereditary chiefs and heads of the tribes in their collective capacity, who also declare that they will not permit any legislative authority separate from themselves in their collective capacity to exist, nor any function of Government to be exercised within the said territories unless by persons appointed by them and acting under the authority of laws regularly enacted by them in Congress assembled. (3) The hereditary chiefs and heads of the tribes agree to meet in Congress at Waitangi, in the autumn of each year, for the purpose of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the preservation of peace and good order, and the regulation of trade, and they cordially invite the Southern tribes to lay aside their private animosities, and to consult the safety and welfare of our common country by joining the confederation of the United tribes. (4) They also agree to send a copy of this declaration to His Majesty the King of England, to thank him for his acknowledgment of their flag, and in return for the friendship and protection they have shown and are prepared to show to such of his subjects as have settled in their country, or resorted to its shores for the purpose of trade, they entreat that he will continue to be the parent of their infant State, and that he will become its protector from all attempts upon its independence. AGREED unanimously on this 28th day of October 1835 in the presence of His Britannic Majesty's Resident. _English Witnesses_: HENRY WILLIAMS, Missionary C.M.S. GEORGE CLARKE, " " JAMES C. CLENDON, Merchant. GILBERT MAIR, " (Translated by the Missionaries and certified to by James Busby, British Resident.) NAMES OF CHIEFS SIGNING DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, October 28, 1835. AWAROA. HARE HONGI. HEMI KEPA TUPE. WARE POAKA. WAIKATO. TITORE. MOKA. WHARERAHI. KEWA. WAI. REWETI ATUAHAERE. AWA. WIREMU TE TI TAUNUI. TE NANA. PI. KAUA. TAREHA. KAWITI. PUMUKA. KE KEAE. TE KAMARA. POMARE. WIWIA. TE TAO. MARUPO. KOPIU. WARAU. NGERE. MOETARA. HIAMOE. PUKUTUTU. TE PEKA. HONE WIREMU HEKE. PAERARA. ERERA PARE (te kai-tuhituhi). SUBSEQUENT SIGNATURES TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE NĒNE (Tamati Waaka). HUHU. PATUONE. PARORE, June 25, 1837. TOWA. PANAKAREAO (Nopera). KIWI KIWI, Jan. 13, 1836. TIRARAU, Feb. 9, 1836. HAMUREA PITA, March 29, 1836. TAWHAI. MATE. KAHA, June 25, 1837. TE MORENGA, July 12, 1837. MAHIA. TAONUI, Jan. 16, 1838. PAPAHIA, Sept. 24, 1838. HAPUKU, Sept. 25, 1838. TE WHEROWHERO, July 22, 1839.[22] [Illustration: JAMES BUSBY.]