...New Zealand Company state, with respect to these contracts — " We always have very serious doubts whether the Treaty of Waitangi, made with naked savages...praiseworthy device for amusing and pacifying savages." I believe that there are a good many lawyers in the New Zealand Company, and this may be the language...

...real property in New Zealand. We always have had very serious doubts whether the Treaty of VVaitangi, made with naked savages by a consul invested with...for amusing and pacifying savages for the moment. But •we thought it most probable that, whenever possession of New Zealand should be actually obtained...

...the proposed violation of which called forth the indignant protest of the Bishop of New Zealand — " could be treated by lawyers (!) as anything but a praiseworthy device for amusinq and pacifying savages fur the moment."* Of the Company, then, we shall content ourselves with...

...spoken of by the governor of the New Zealand Company, — " We have al ways had very serious doubts whether the treaty of Waitangi made with naked savages,...for amusing and pacifying savages for the moment."^ The answer of Lord Stanley to this extraordinary communication was worthy of his name, and of his position...

...New Zealand Company state, with respect to these contracts — " We always have very serious doubts whether the treaty of Waitangi, made with naked savages...ratification by the Crown, could be treated by lawyers as any thing but a praiseworthy device for amusing and pacifying savages." I believe that there are a...

...Busby, Esq., p. 65. whole business as illegal, and doubted " whether a treaty made with naked savages could be treated by lawyers as anything but a praiseworthy device for their amusement,"* and a committee of the House of Commons, in 1844, characterised the treaty as an...

...Englishmen addressed the Queen's minister in these terms : — " We have always had very serious doubts whether the Treaty of Waitangi, made with naked savages...for amusing and pacifying savages for the moment." The answer of the (now) Earl of Derby deserves to be read by all who feel any interest in the New Zealand...

...the treaty of Waitangi, made with naked savages by a consul invested with no plenipotentiary powers, could be treated by lawyers as anything but a praiseworthy...for amusing and pacifying savages for the moment." 1 Lord Stanley " need not say so very positively" that he could not allow the company to plead ignorance...

...such a fiction as a native law of real property in New Zealand. We have always had very serious doubts whether the treaty of Waitangi, made with naked savages...a consul invested with no plenipotentiary powers, could be treated by lawyers as anything but a praiseworthy device for amusing and pacifying savages...

...such a fiction as a native law of real property in New Zealand. We have always had very serious doubts whether the Treaty of Waitangi, made with naked savages by a Consul invested with no plenipoten* Parliamentary Papers, 1840, [560]. tiary powers could be treated by lawyers as anything...