. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . by the land commission in 1847,which says at opening: When the islands were conquered by Kame-hameha I. he followed the example of his prede-cessors and divided the lands among his principalwarrior chiefs, retaining, however, a portion in hishands to be cultivated or managed by his ownimmediate servants or attendants. Each principalchief divided his lands anew, and gave out to aninferior order of chiefs or persons of rank, bywhom they were subdivided again and again,passing through the hands of four, five, or sixperson
. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . by the land commission in 1847,which says at opening: When the islands were conquered by Kame-hameha I. he followed the example of his prede-cessors and divided the lands among his principalwarrior chiefs, retaining, however, a portion in hishands to be cultivated or managed by his ownimmediate servants or attendants. Each principalchief divided his lands anew, and gave out to aninferior order of chiefs or persons of rank, bywhom they were subdivided again and again,passing through the hands of four, five, or sixpersons, from the king to the lowest class oftenants. All these persons were considered tohave rights in the lands or productions of proportions of these rights were not veryclearly defined, but were, nevertheless, universallyacknowledged. Kamehameha I. lived long enough and ruledfirm enough to settle the matter favourably topermanent individual rights in lands. Upon be-coming king, Liholiho, as Kamehameha II., desiredto make a redistribution according to custom, but. THE HAWAIIAN MAGNA CHABTA. 105 the ambitious Kaahumanu, with the existing landedinterests working for her^ defeated this scheme, andthe old distribution of land made by the Conquerorin 1795 remained practically unchanged, thoughslightly modified, until 1845, and during that pe-riod of over forty years the sovereign held a feudalauthority over the entire landed estate of thekingdom, though exercised with decreasing often-ness. In 1820 Liholiho moved his court to Honolulu,which proved a wise course of action. Anxiousto broaden his ideas with those of other powers,November 27, 1823, the king and his queen wentto England, where they were courteously received ;but the party was attacked with the measles andthe king and queen both died. The frigate Blondejcommanded by Lord Byron, a cousin of the poet ofthat name, was commissioned to convey the re-mains of the unfortunate king and queen, withtheir retinue, to their na
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