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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor’s command,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. II.] MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1855. [No. XXII.
Provincial Council Chamber,
October 9, 1855.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT opened the Provincial Council, this day, with the following Message:
"The Superintendent regrets that he is unable from indisposition to address the Provincial Council on the present occasion in person. It has been indispensably necessary for him to call the Council together, that an Ordinance might be passed without delay, enabling the Government to administer the property acquired by the Province from the Canterbury Association, and to provide the interest for the Debentures which are about to be issued. A Bill for that purpose has been prepared, which will be submitted to the Council for its deliberation.
Since the Superintendent issued the Proclamation, calling the Council together, he has received despatches from the Colonial Secretary announcing that His Excellency the Governor has been advised to disallow the Land Regulations and the Census Ordinance, passed by the Council in the last session. Copies of those despatches will be laid on the table of the House. As those measures have already received the careful deliberation of the Council, the Superintendent conceives that if the clauses objected to are omitted and altered in accordance with his Excellency’s suggestions, they may again be adopted by the Council without materially adding to the business of, or protracting the session, and be again transmitted to the Governor for his approval.
The Superintendent has received information that his Excellency may shortly be expected to visit this Province; he suggests, therefore, to the Council the propriety of considering whether a sum of money should not be voted to enable the authorities here to receive him with the respect and ceremony due to his high station."
JAMES EDWARD FITZ GERALD,
Superintendent.
Provincial Council Chamber,
October 23, 1855.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT prorogued the Provincial Council, on Tuesday, this day, with the following Message:
"The Superintendent regrets that he is still unable to address the Provincial Council in person. He is gratified to find that the progress the Council have made in the despatch of business enables him to relieve them from further attendance on their public duties.
The Superintendent fully concurs in the propriety of the vote which the Council have passed for the reception and entertainment of His Excellency the Governor."
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 22
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🏘️ Opening of the Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government9 October 1855
Provincial Council, Opening, Message, Superintendent
- James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent
🏘️ Prorogation of the Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government23 October 1855
Provincial Council, Prorogation, Message, Superintendent
- James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent