Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 25

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✨ Provincial Government Proclamations and Warrants

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,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. VIII.] THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1861. [No. XXV.

PROCLAMATION.

I, WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby summon the Provincial Council of the said Province to meet for the despatch of business, at the Council Chamber at Christchurch, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, on TUESDAY, the TWENTY-SECOND day of OCTOBER, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-one.

Given under my hand at Christchurch, this First day of October, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-one.

WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

By his Honor's command,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

WARRANT,
Delegating to the Superintendent of Canterbury the Governor's power to appoint Returning Officers, &c.

By His Excellency THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Provincial Elections Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province the power of appointing and removing Returning Officers, and also of appointing and establishing Polling Places for the Election of a Superintendent or Members of the Provincial Council of such Province:

Now therefore I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, do hereby delegate to

WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, ESQUIRE,
the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in the said Colony, the above-recited powers, to be held and exercised by him
VOL. 8, NO. 25.

PDF — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1861, No 25

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Summoning the Provincial Council of Canterbury

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated1 October 1861
KeywordsProvincial Council, Christchurch, Meeting, Canterbury
👱🏽 Names

William Sefton Moorhouse, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury

👩‍💼 Officials

William Sefton Moorhouse, Superintendent
Thomas William Maude, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Delegation of powers to the Superintendent of Canterbury

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsProvincial Elections Act, Returning Officers, Polling Places, Delegation of powers
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Gore Browne (Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath), Governor and Commander-in-Chief
William Sefton Moorhouse (Esquire), Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury

👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Gore Browne, Governor

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