Copy of a Despatch from Governor Hobson to the Secretary of State for the Colonies

Referring to my Despatch No. 3, of the 25th May last, I have the honour to report to your Lordship that I have received ample and full reports from all the gentlemen whom I commissioned to treat with the Native chiefs for their adherence to the Treaty of Waitangi; and to enclose to your Lordship copies of those reports, together with a certified copy of the Treaty of Waitangi, both in English and the Native language, with the names inserted of the chiefs and witnesses who signed it, with the exception of some chiefs whose names are affixed to a copy of the treaty intrusted to Mr. Whiteley, as reported in Enclosure No. 5 by Captain Symonds, which has not yet reached me. The originals of these documents are preserved amongst the archives of the colony.