Gentlemen and ladies, I am always happy to see you, while on these yearly visits to the metropolis.
August 14, 1860.
His Majesty's Special Message to the House of Nobles and Representatives, delivered by the Royal Commissioners.
Kamehameha IV., by the Grace of God King of the Hawaiian Islands:
To His Excellency M. Kekuanaoa, Our Governor of Oahu, and the Honorable Elisha H. Allen, Our Chancellor:
Greeting:—We hereby commission you in Our place and stead, to deliver to the Nobles and Representatives, Our Message, touching certain alterations proposed to be made in the Constitution of Our Kingdom: And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given at Our Palace in Honolulu, this Fourteenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord 1860, and in the sixth year of
Our reign.
KAMEHAMEHA.
Kaahumanu.