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Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XVII.] TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1868. [No. 55.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1868.
IT is hereby notified for public information, that MONDAY next, the 9th instant, will be observed as a Holiday at the Provincial Government Offices, in commemoration of the Birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
EVERY MACLEAN,
Deputy Superintendent.
THE following Notification is re-published from the New Zealand Gazette, for general information.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1868.
THE following Despatch, and the Colonial Regulations referred to therein, relative to the correspondence communicated from persons in the Colony, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.
B. W. STAFFORD.
Downing Street,
10th August, 1868.
SIR,—I have recently received several communications from the Provinces in New Zealand otherwise than through yourself.
I request that you will call the attention of the Superintendents of Provinces to the 217th and following Colonial Regulations, and inform them that it will not be possible for me to take notice of communications forwarded to me otherwise than as the Regulations require.
I have, &c.,
BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.
Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G.
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Persons in a Colony, whether public functionaries or private individuals, who have any representations of a public or private nature to make to Government, should address them to the Governor of the Colony; or, if the Colony be a dependency of a Governor-in-Chief, then to the officer in the immediate administration of its Government.
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The duty of the Governor or Administrator of the Colony is to receive and act upon each such representation as public expediency or justice to the individual may appear to require, with the assistance in certain cases of his Executive Council; and if he doubts what steps to take thereupon, or if public advantage may appear to require it, to consult or report to the Secretary of State. Every individual has, however, the right to address the Secretary of State, if he thinks proper. But in this case he must transmit such communication, unsealed, and in triplicate, to the Governor or Adminis-
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 55
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🏘️ Observance of Prince of Wales Birthday Holiday
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government3 November 1868
Holiday, Prince of Wales, Birthday, Provincial Offices
- EVERY MACLEAN, Deputy Superintendent
🏛️ Re-published Notification on Colonial Communications
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 October 1868
Colonial Regulations, Communications, Secretary of State
- B. W. STAFFORD
- BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS
- Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G.