✨ Militia Training Proclamation
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Given under my hand, at New Plymouth, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this eighteenth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
G. GREY.
By his Excellency’s command,
READER WOOD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Superintendent’s Office,
Napier, July 16, 1863.
The following extract from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 26, is published for general information.
DONALD M’LEAN,
Superintendent.
By his Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable 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 it is provided by the “Militia Acts Amendment Act, 1862,” that the number of days and hours for the meeting of the Militia for any District for training and exercise shall be from time to time fixed by the Governor;
And whereas it is deemed expedient to call out for training and exercise certain portions of the Militia of the Militia District of Napier;
Now, therefore, in pursuance and execution of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said recited Act, I do hereby fix the number of days and hours during which that portion of the Militia of the Napier District which may be called out for training and exercise within Three months from the date hereof shall be trained and exercised at Two hours a day for Twenty-one days.
Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of June, One thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three.
G. GREY.
By his Excellency’s command,
ALFRED DOMETT.
Printed by H. L. YATES, for the Hawke’s Bay Provincial Government, at the Printing Office, Hastings-street.
Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1863, No 12
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🛡️ Proclamation of Militia Training Days
🛡️ Defence & Military26 June 1863
Militia, Training, Napier District, Militia Acts Amendment Act 1862
- G. Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Alfred Domett, By his Excellency’s command
📰 Publication of New Zealand Gazette Extract
📰 NZ Gazette16 July 1863
Publication, General Information, Napier, New Zealand Gazette
- Donald M’Lean, Superintendent