Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 27

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✨ Public Address and Reception

EXTRAORDINARY.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XVIII.] MONDAY, MAY 10, 1869. [No. 27.

PUBLIC LANDING AND RECEPTION OF H. R. H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., AT AUCKLAND.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, Monday, May 10th, 1869.

THE following Address read and presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., by the Superintendent, on the landing of his Royal Highness this day, together with the Reply which his Royal Highness was pleased to make thereto, are published for general information.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

ADDRESS.

To His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh,

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,

The Inhabitants of the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, desire to express to your Royal Highness their devotedness and attachment to Her most gracious Majesty’s person, throne, and family, and to assure your Royal Highness that in no portion of her Empire has her Majesty more loyal subjects.

They are deeply imbued with a sense of the high honour bestowed upon them by the visit of one of her Majesty’s sons. The entrance into the harbour of Auckland of her Majesty’s ship Galatea, under the command of your Royal Highness, cannot fail to be followed by the most beneficial results to this peculiarly maritime district.

They earnestly trust, under God’s providence, your Royal Highness’ presence will exercise a most happy influence on the relations existing between the two races which inhabit New Zealand.

Signed on behalf of the inhabitants of the Province,
J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 27

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

🏛️ Public Address to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated10 May 1869
KeywordsAddress, Royal Visit, Duke of Edinburgh, Auckland, Loyalty
👱🏽 Names

Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (Duke of Edinburgh, K.G.), Recipient of public address

👩‍💼 Officials

J. Williamson, Superintendent

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