May 6, 1852: Ratification of Treaty between Britain and Hawaiʻi
Available in Treaties, Great Britain 1851.
Exchange of Ratifications.–The undersigned, having met together for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, concluded and signed at Honolulu on the tenth day of July, 1851; and the respective ratifications of the said instrument having been carefully compared, and found to be exactly conformable to each other, the said exchange took place this day in the usual form. In witness whereof, they have signed the present certificate of exchange, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Honolulu the sixth day of May, 1852.
[L.S.] /s/ Robert Crichton Wyllie
[L.S.] /s/ Wm Miller
Available in Treaties, Great Britain 1851.
Kamehameha III., ke Alii o ko Hawaii pae aina, i na kanaka a pau e ike ana i keia, me ke aloha: I lohe oukou. No ka mea, ua hana ia, a ua kau inoa ia, ke kuikahi aloha, kalepa, a me ka hooholo moku, iwaena oʻu a me ke Alii Wahine o Beretania nui a me Irelani, malama i ka oiaio, ma Honolulu, i ka la umi o Iulai, i ka makahiki o ka Haku, hookahi tausani ewalu haneri a me kanalimakumamakahi, e koʻu luna kupono, a me ko ua Alii Wahine nei o Beritania Nui, hookohuponoia no ia hana, a me keia olelo ilalo iho, ua kuikahi nei, he olelo no he olelo.
Ma ka ʻōlelo haole:
Available in Statutes, Civil Code 1859.
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Available in Treaties, Great Britain 1851.
A no ka mea hoi, ua pau i ka noonoo pono ia e au, na manao a me na pauku maluna me ke kuka pu me kuu Aha Kukakukakamalu Aupuni; nolaila, ua hooholo, a ua hoopaa hoi au i keia Kuikahi maluna iho; a ke hoopaa nei hoi, a me ka hooholo ia mea, me ka maopopo loa, e hoohiki ana me ka oiaio a me kuu olelo Alii, owau a me koʻu mau hope, e hooko a e malama maoli no i na pauku a pau o kei Kuikahi me ka oiaio.
No ka oiaio o keia ua kakau au i keia olelo hooholo loa me kuu lima ponoi, a ua kau iho no hoi i ke Sila Nui o koʻu aupuni, ka la 6 o Mei, M.H. 1852, a me ka makahiki 27 o kuu noho aupuni ana.
Kamehameha –
Keoni Ana
Ma ka ʻōlelo haole:
Available in Statutes, Civil Code 1859.