✨ Militia and Volunteer Corps Notifications
THE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
PROVINCE OF HAWKE’S BAY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
DONALD McLEAN,
Superintendent.
VOL. 4.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1863. [No. 14.
NOTIFICATION.
THE Superintendent, in carrying into effect the Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor, calling out the Militia of this Province for training and exercise, has, in the first instance, endeavoured to include all the principal centres of population, as it was obvious that greater facilities for organization existed in such cases.
The Superintendent is aware that in the case of those Companies and portions of Companies which are not yet called out for training that much greater difficulty exists from the different nature of the country and more scattered location of the inhabitants.
The Superintendent, whilst quite alive to the necessity, in the present condition of the North Island, of carrying out the directions of His Excellency’s Government as speedily as possible, is at the same time anxious to spare the settlers any avoidable loss or inconvenience in so doing. He would therefore suggest that in districts such as those before referred to, they should come forward and enrol a fair proportion of their numbers in Volunteer corps, either mounted or otherwise as the nature of the country may recommend. Wherever this suggestion may be acted on in a liberal spirit by the settlers, the Superintendent will undertake to exempt such District or portion of a Company from being called out as Militia, unless in the event of absolute or imminent disturbance within the Province itself.
It will be necessary that any corps formed should contain at the least 25 men.
The Superintendent cannot close this notification without expressing his thanks to the inhabitants of the Napier Company, and of those other companies who have been called out, for the very ready and cheerful manner in which they have met an irksome but very necessary duty. He would also wish to thank the officer commanding the Civil forces of the Province for the anxiety he has shown to consult the convenience of the settlers in carrying out the arduous duty devolving upon him.
DONALD McLEAN,
Superintendent.
NOTIFICATION:
By DONALD McLEAN, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, in the Islands of New Zealand.
WHEREAS by an Instrument under the hand of his Excellency Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, dated the 26th day of June, 1863, (and which was published in the Hawke’s Bay Provincial Gazette of the 28th July) I am appointed to be his Deputy, within the Militia District of Napier to call out the Militia thereof for training and exercise &c.;
Now, therefore, I, the said Donald McLean, Esq., Deputy of the said Governor, as aforesaid:
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1863, No 14
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🛡️ Notification regarding Militia Training and Volunteer Corps
🛡️ Defence & MilitaryMilitia, Training, Volunteer Corps, Napier, Hawke’s Bay
- Donald McLean, Superintendent
🛡️ Appointment as Deputy for Militia District of Napier
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- Donald McLean, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Hawke’s Bay
- His Excellency Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand