"Proclamation.

"By the Governor, Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Principal Chief, C,B., &c. &c., this Proclamation is by the Governor of this Colony of New Zealand.

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"Because soon will be commenced the work of the soldiers of the Queen against the natives of Taranaki, who are naughty (rebellious), fighting against the authority of the Queen. Now, I, the Governor, do openly publish and proclaim this word, that the fighting law will extend at this time to Taranaki as a fixed law until the time when it shall be revoked by Proclamation.

"Given by my hand, under the great seal of the Colony of New Zealand, at Auckland, this day the twenty seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.