Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 40

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✨ Provincial Proclamation

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XIX. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1872. No. XL.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the twenty-second year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "The Provincial Reserved Bills Act, 1858," it is enacted that whenever any Bill shall have been passed by the Provincial Council of any Province, and shall have been reserved by the Superintendent for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon, such Bill shall not have any force or authority within the said Province until the Superintendent shall signify, either by speech or message, to the Provincial Council, or by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, that such Bill has been laid before the Governor, and that the Governor has assented to the same.

And whereas certain Bills intituled—

"The Cathedral Square Ordinance, 1872,"

"Reserve No. 880 Ordinance,"

"The Educational Reserves Leasing Ordinance, 1872,"

were passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, and the same were reserved by the Superintendent of the said Province for the assent of his Excellency the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, Richard James Strachan Harman, Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of all powers vested in me, do hereby proclaim and declare that the aforesaid Bills have been laid before his Excellency the Governor, and that his Excellency has assented to the same.

Given under my hand at Christchurch, this twenty-third day of July, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

R. J. S. HARMAN,
Deputy-Superintendent of Canterbury.

Vol. XIX., No. 40.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1872, No 40

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🏛️ Proclamation of Assented Provincial Bills

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated23 July 1872
KeywordsProclamation, Provincial Bills, Governor Assent, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

Richard James Strachan Harman, Deputy Superintendent of Canterbury

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