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THE
Hawke's Bay Government Gazette.
(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.)
All public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto 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. IX. FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1868. No. 16.
Napier, June 12, 1868.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR will hold an Undress LEVEE TO-MORROW (Saturday), the 13th inst., at 12 o'clock, in the Provincial Council Chamber.
Gentlemen attending are requested to bring cards with their names legibly written, to be delivered at the door to the Aide-de-camp in waiting.
By command,
II. W. YOUNG, Captain,
Acting A.D.C.
Napier, June 12, 1868.
THE PUBLIC DINNER to his Excellency the Governor will take place TO-MORROW (Saturday), in the Council Chamber, at half-past six p.m.
II. S. TIFFEN,
Hon. Sec.
THE following is His Excellency the Governor's reply to the address presented to him :—
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,—
I thank the Provincial Council of Hawke's Bay for this address, and for the hearty welcome which you have accorded to me on my first visit to your province.
The support and sympathy which I receive from the public bodies, and from all classes of my fellow-countrymen in every part of New Zealand, are most gratifying, to me personally, and are most satisfactory on public grounds, as fresh proofs of the loyalty of the entire population, and of their good will to the representative of their Sovereign.
Napier, the name of your capital, recalls the memory of a great soldier; and Hawke's Bay, the name of your province, recalls the memory of a great seaman, the early friend and patron of the illustrious navigator, who first planted the British flag on those shores. I visited yesterday the exact spot at Turanganui where Captain Cook first landed in New Zealand; and I thought that it would have rejoiced his heart, amid the distresses and anxieties of his voyages of discovery, if he could have foreseen that in the then savage region which he made known to his countrymen, within less than a century a flourishing colony would arise, destined, in all human probability, to become the Great Britain of the Southern hemisphere.
I hope to spend some days in visiting the interior of this noble province, so rich in pastoral and agricultural resources. I regret exceedingly that Lady Bowen is unable to accompany me on the present occasion, and I thank you for your kind reference to her name.
Finally, Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, I earnestly trust, with you, that, under the blessing of Providence, and through the wisdom of the colonial legislatures, the clouds which now partially obscure our horizon may be cleared away during the period of my administration, and that peace and prosperity may be finally established for both races of Her Majesty's subjects in New Zealand.
Printed, under the authority of the Government of the Province of Hawke's Bay, by JAMES WOOD, Printer for the time being to such Government.
Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1868, No 16
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🏛️ Notice of Undress Levee to be held by the Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration12 June 1868
Governor, Levee, Provincial Council Chamber, Napier
- H. W. Young, Captain, Acting A.D.C.
🏛️ Notice of Public Dinner for the Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration12 June 1868
Public Dinner, Governor, Council Chamber
- H. S. Tiffen, Hon. Sec.
🏛️ Reply of the Governor to the Provincial Council address
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationGovernor, Address, Provincial Council, Hawke's Bay, Captain Cook
- Lady Bowen (Lady), Unable to accompany the Governor
- Captain Cook (Captain), Mentioned in historical context of landing