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	William Hobson - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands on January 29, 1840 with a small group of officials, including an Executive Council comprised of the Colonial Secretary Willoughby Shortland, Colonial Treasurer George Cooper and Attorney-General Francis Fisher.
		Upon arrival Hobson almost immediately drafted the Treaty of Waitangi together his secretary James Freeeman and Busby.
		On May 21, in response to the settlers at Port Nicholson (later Wellington) who were laying out a new town under the flag of the independent New Zealand, he asserted British sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand, despite the incompleteness of the Treaty signing effort.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/w/i/l/William_Hobson_72f5.html (798 words)

	FURNEAUX GROUP - SHIPWRECKS
		The boats were used to recover the vessel’s gear and some cargo.The Captain headed for Launceston in a sealer’s boat, where the SS Titania was chartered to rescue the passengers and take a surveyor to report on the wreck; he condemned her as a total loss.
		It was Captain Lucher’s first mishap in fifty years at sea, and was exonerated of all blame for the loss of the schooner.
		Captain William Wylie.From Hobart to Melbourne, aground on Rabbit Island, presumably the one in the Furneaux Group, end August 1853.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /furneaux-wrecks.html (12990 words)

	WAITANGI, TREATY OF - Preliminaries - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		But before Hobson could set out, some decision had to be reached as to the manner whereby the territory, if ceded, might be administered.
		Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands on the morning of 29 January.
		But before Bunbury had time to return, Hobson forced the issue by proclaiming on 21 May 1840 that, by virtue of the rights and powers ceded to the Crown by the Treaty of Waitangi, the sovereignty of the Queen was established over the whole of the North Island.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/W/WaitangiTreatyOf/en (1163 words)

	★ Treaty of Waitangi Information Article - NZ History
		The Treaty of Waitangi was first proposed by Captain William Hobson on his return to Britain from his first visit to New Zealand.
		Henry Williams, a missionary, translated the text into Maori, and gave a verbal explanation at the initial signing.
		For some people the spirit is one of the joining of two peoples to become one, or as Hobson himself said on the day of the first signing, "Now we are one people".
	www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information/Treaty_of_Waitangi.html (1746 words)

	NZ Governors and Governors-General - Notes for my Successor - NZHistory.net.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Captain William Hobson (served 1840-42) reached New Zealand early in 1840.
		In 1841 New Zealand became a separate Crown colony with Hobson as governor.
		In 1917, partway through the term of Lord Liverpool (1912-20), the title of governor was further upgraded to governor-general.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /politics/governorsgeneral-govgen (306 words)

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