Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 25

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✨ Provincial Council Proclamation and Address

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,

JOHN OLLIVIER,

Provincial Secretary.

VOL. V.] FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1858. [XXV.

Proclamation.

I, WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in exercise of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby this day prorogue the Provincial Council of the said Province, and the said Provincial Council is hereby prorogued accordingly.

Given under my hand at Christchurch this third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

W. S. MOORHOUSE.

God save the Queen.

ADDRESS

Of His Honor the Superintendent on proroguing the Provincial Council, December 3, 1858.

MR. SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL :—

I have assented on behalf of His Excellency the Governor to the following Bills :—

The Canterbury Police Ordinance.

The Immigration Barracks Ordinance.

The Planting Forest Trees Ordinance.

The Cattle Trespass Amendment Ordinance.

The Cathedral Square Ordinance.

The Public Hospital Ordinance.

The Appropriation Ordinance.

The Christ's College Amendment Ordinance.

The Sheep Ordinance.

I have reserved for His Excellency's assent,

The Scab Prevention Ordinance.

GENTLEMEN—

The labours of the Session having come to an end, I have to thank you for the very earnest and business-like manner in which you have discussed the several proposals it has been my duty to lay before you. The public must, in common with myself, feel perfectly satisfied that the affairs of the province have been closely investigated.

The liberal supplies you have voted shall be economically expended, and

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📰 Notice of publication by authority

Domain📰 NZ Gazette
KeywordsGazette, Official Communication, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

John Ollivier, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Proclamation proroguing the Provincial Council of Canterbury

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated3 December 1858
KeywordsProclamation, Provincial Council, Prorogation, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

William Sefton Moorhouse, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury

🏘️ Address of the Superintendent on proroguing the Provincial Council

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated3 December 1858
KeywordsAddress, Provincial Council, Legislation, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

William Sefton Moorhouse, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury

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