l business
which I recommended to my Parliament, I now thank you for
concurring with the Honorable Representatives of My People, in
voting the supplies indispensable to the administration of My
Government.

I now free you from further attendance, and prorogue you till
the Session of next year.

KAMEHAMEHA.

HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVES OF MY PEOPLE:--Having concluded the
special business for which I convoked you to an Extraordinary
Session, it only remains for me to thank you for the regard
you have shown to the safety and welfare of my Kingdom in
voting the supplies necessary to carry on the business of My
Government, and to free you from further attendance in
Parliament.

I therefore prorogue you.

KAMEHAMEHA.

FEBRUARY 15, 1855.

_His Majesty's Letter to Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland._[A]

GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND:--Believing that Your Majesty takes a
sincere interest in every thing which concerns the Hawaiian
nation, I doubt not but that You will partake in my sorrow for
the loss of my Predecessor, Kamehameha III., who died on the
15th of December last.

In accordance with the will of the late King, and the
Constitution of my Realm, I have succeeded to the throne of my
forefathers. My anxious endeavor will be to rule for the good
of my subjects, and of all foreigners residing within my
jurisdiction; and, in so doing, I shall rely, under God, upon
the sympathy and good will of Your Majesty, and of the British
nation.

Your Good Friend,
(Signed,) KAMEHAMEHA.
By the King.
(Signed,) R. C. WYLLIE.

[Footnote A: The same letter, _mutatis mutandis_, was sent to their
Majesties the Emperor of the French, the Emperor of Russia, Kings of
Denmark, Prussia, Sweden and Norway, Presidents of the United States, of
Hamburg, Bremen, Chile, and Peru.]

SEPTEMBER 18, 1855.

_Reply by His Majesty to the Address of Hon. D. L. Gregg, Commissioner
of the United States, on Presentation of the Letter of the President of
the United States, condoling with His Maje