Know all men that we, Kamehameha, by the Grace of God, of the
Hawaiian Islands King, by virtue of the power and authority in
us vested as Sovereign of these realms, and in accordance with
Article XXXVII, of the Constitution of our Kingdom, have
decreed, and do, by these our Royal Letters Patent,
constitute, establish and declare the following to be the
style and title of our infant Son, born on the twentieth day
of May, instant, the Hereditary Heir Apparent of Our Throne,
viz:
"HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF HAWAII."
He, Our said infant son, from now and henceforth to assume,
and to receive the aforesaid style and title for himself, and,
in the event of his succeeding Us in the Throne, and having
male issue of his body lawfully begotten, then, the said style
and title shall descend to, and be the style and title of his
first-born son, as being the nearest hereditary and
Constitutional Heir to the Throne of the Hawaiian Islands.
Done at the Palace, in Honolulu, this twentieth day of May,
A. D. 1858, and in the 4th year of Our Reign.
(Signed,) KAMEHAMEHA.