Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 50

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✨ Public Notification

Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XVII. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1868. [No. 50.]

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 17th October, 1868.

In compliance with a Requisition presented to me this day, a copy of which is published for general information, I hereby notify that the Offices of the Provincial Government will be closed at two o’clock in the afternoon of Tuesday next, the 20th instant; and I invite the Merchants, Bankers, Tradespeople, and others of Auckland to close their places of business at the same hour on that day, in order to afford the Inhabitants an opportunity of bidding farewell to the Right Reverend George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, upon His Lordship’s departure from this Colony.

EVERY MACLEAN,
Deputy Superintendent.

[copy.]

Auckland, 16th October, 1868.
To His Honor
Every Maclean, Esq.,
Deputy Superintendent.

SIR,—In order to afford the people of Auckland an opportunity of testifying for the last time their respect for the Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, by bidding him “Farewell” on his departure by the s.s. “Hero” for England on Tuesday next, the 20th instant, we have the honor to request that Your Honor will cause to be issued a Proclamation closing the Government Offices at 2 o’clock p.m. on that day, and inviting Bankers, Merchants, and others to close their places of business at the same time.

We have the honor to be,
Your Honor’s most obedient Servants,

Thornton, Smith, & Firth
K. Whitson & Co.
John Roberton
D. Bruce
Geo. Graham
H. Partington
Charles F. Goldsboro, M.D.
W. J. Hurst
S. H. Hamilton
J. A. Gilfillan
Henry Gilfillan
James Burt
Samuel Cochrane & Son
Newman & Ewen
S. Hague Smith
Bucholz & Co
David Nathan
Harkness Hamilton
Walter Combes
Henderson & Macfarlane
T. Russell
D. L. Murdoch
Owen & Fendelow
W. C. Wilson
John C. Morrin
Stannus Jones

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 50

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Closure of Provincial Government Offices for Farewell to Bishop Selwyn

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated17 October 1868
KeywordsOffice closure, Bishop Selwyn, Farewell, Auckland
👱🏽 Names

George Augustus Selwyn (Right Reverend, D.D., Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield), Departing from the colony

👩‍💼 Officials

Every Maclean, Deputy Superintendent

🏛️ Request for Office Closure to Bid Farewell to Bishop Selwyn

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated16 October 1868
KeywordsRequest, Office closure, Bishop Selwyn, Farewell, Auckland
👱🏽 Names

George Augustus Selwyn (Right Reverend, D.D., Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield), Departing from the colony

👩‍💼 Officials

Thornton, Smith, & Firth
K. Whitson & Co.
John Roberton
D. Bruce
Geo. Graham
H. Partington
Charles F. Goldsboro, M.D.
W. J. Hurst
S. H. Hamilton
J. A. Gilfillan
Henry Gilfillan
James Burt
Samuel Cochrane & Son
Newman & Ewen
S. Hague Smith
Bucholz & Co
David Nathan
Harkness Hamilton
Walter Combes
Henderson & Macfarlane
T. Russell
D. L. Murdoch
Owen & Fendelow
W. C. Wilson
John C. Morrin
Stannus Jones

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