Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 21

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✨ Proclamations and Notices

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures, 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,

WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. XI.] SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1864. [No. XXI.]

NOTICE.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that Tuesday, the 24th instant, being the Anniversary of Her Majesty’s Birthday, the Public Offices will be closed on that day.

W.M. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

A PROCLAMATION

For the Naturalization of certain Persons.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander 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.

WHEREAS, by “The Naturalization Act, 1863,” it is enacted that every person who shall be declared to come within the operation of that Act, by any proclamation to be issued in that behalf by His Excellency the Governor, shall, as from the time in such proclamation specified, be deemed and taken until the termination of the next Session of the General Assembly, to be, and to have been, from such specified time, a natural-born subject of Her Majesty, within the Colony of New Zealand, as fully to all intents and purposes as if his name had been inserted in the schedule to that Act annexed. Provided always that every such proclamation shall contain the description, occupation, or calling of every person therein named, and his place of residence at the date of such proclamation.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the persons hereinafter mentioned shall come within the operation of the said Act from the dates hereinafter specified, viz:—

CHARLES WANEN,
from the Second day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, native of Sweden, Master Mariner; residence—Lyttelton, in the Province of Canterbury.

CHARLES LEWERSON,
from the Second day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, native of Denmark, Master Mariner; residence—Lyttelton, in the Province of Canterbury.

CHARLES E. MELANDER,
from the Second day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, native of Sweden, Master Mariner; residence—Lyttelton, in the Province of Canterbury.

Given under my hand at Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the seal of the Colony, this Nineteenth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. Grey
By His Excellency’s command,
WILLIAM FOX.

God Save the Queen!

G. G. Gazette, April 23, 1864.
Vol. 11.—No. 21.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1864, No 21

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed between 1858 and 1865 and are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Public Offices Closure for Her Majesty’s Birthday

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated21 May 1864
KeywordsPublic offices, Closure, Anniversary, Her Majesty’s Birthday
👩‍💼 Officials

W.M. Roleston, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Naturalization of Certain Persons

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated19 April 1864
KeywordsNaturalization, Proclamation, Master Mariners, Lyttelton
👱🏽 Names

Charles Wanen, Naturalized from 2 March 1863
Charles Lewerson, Naturalized from 2 March 1863
Charles E. Melander, Naturalized from 2 March 1863

👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Governor
William Fox

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