KAMEHAMEHA IV., of the Hawaiian Islands, King, to all Our
loving subjects, and others to whom these Presents shall come,
Greeting:--
Be it known that We, in concurrence with Our House of Nobles,
hereby appoint and proclaim Our Son, His Royal Highness the
Prince of Hawaii, to be Our Successor and Heir to the Hawaiian
Throne.
Done at Our Palace, at Honolulu, this third day of October,
in the year of Our Lord 1859, and the fifth year of Our
Reign.
(Signed,) KAMEHAMEHA.
(Signed) KAAHUMANU.
By the King and Kuhina Nui.
(Signed,) L. KAMEHAMEHA.