ever before.

KAMEHAMEHA.

KEONI ANA.
PALACE, 8th December, 1854.
By the King and Kuhina Nui.

R. C. WYLLIE.

DECEMBER 15TH, 1854.

_Public Proclamation of the Succession To the Throne of His Majesty
Kamehameha IV._

PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from this world
our beloved Sovereign, His late Majesty, Kamehameha III.; and
whereas, by the will of His late Majesty, and by the
appointment and Proclamation of His Majesty and of the House
of Nobles, His Royal Highness, Prince Liholiho, was declared
to be His Majesty's Successor. Therefore, Public Proclamation
is hereby made, that Prince Alexander Liholiho is KING of the
Hawaiian Islands, under the style of KAMEHAMEHA IV. God
preserve the King.

KEONI ANA,
Kuhina Nui.

DECEMBER 15TH, 1854.

DECEMBER 16TH, 1854.

_His Majesty's Address to His Privy Council of State in reply to their
Condolences over the Death of His late Majesty Kamehameha III._

CHIEFS:--I have become by the Will of God, your Father, as I
have been your Child. You must help me, for I stand in need of
help.

To you Ministers, and other high officers of State of Our late
King, I return my sincere thanks for the expressions of
condolence with which you have this morning comforted me. I
request of you to continue your labors, in the several
positions you have hitherto held, until when my grief shall
have allowed me time for reflection, I make such new
arrangements as shall seem proper.

I thank the Members of this Council, in general for their
condolence, who will, also, I hope, assist me with their
advice, as though they had been appointed by myself.

JANUARY 11, 1855.

_His Majesty's Address on the occasion of taking the Oath prescribed by
the Constitution. Extr. from =Polynesian=, Jan. 13, 1855._

I solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, to maintain
the Constitution of the Kingdom whole and inviolate, and to
govern in conform