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Provincial Secretary\'s Office, Nelson,
August 18, 1859.
HIS Honour the Superintendent directs
the publication of the following Ex-
tracts from the General Government Gazette.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS GORE
BROWNE, Companion of the Most Honour-
able 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.
WHEREAS, by an Act, passed in the
Session of Parliament holden in the
fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty\'s
reign, intituled "An Act to grant a Represen-
tative Constitution to the Colony of New Zea-
land," it is amongst other things enacted that
no Bill, which shall be reserved for the signifi-
cation of Her Majesty\'s pleasure thereon, shall
have any force or authority within the Colony
of New Zealand, until the Governor of the said
Colony shall signify by speech or message to
the Legislative Council and House of Repre-
sentatives of the said Colony, or by Proclama-
tion, that such Bill has been laid before Her
Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has
been pleased to assent to the same:
And whereas, on the nineteenth day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
eight, certain Bills passed by the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the
said Colony, intituled respectively
"An Act for granting a Duty upon Gold;"
"An Act to make provision for the manage-
ment of Gold-fields, in the Colony of New
Zealand;"
were presented to the said Governor for Her
Majesty\'s assent; and whereas all the said Bills
were reserved by the said Governor for the sig-
nification of Her Majesty\'s pleasure thereon:
Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the
said in part recited Act, do by this Proclama-
tion signify and proclaim to all to whom it
may concern, that the said Bills have been
severally laid before Her Majesty in Council,
and that Her Majesty has been pleased to
assent to the same.
Given under my hand, and issued under
the Public Seal of the Colony of New
Zealand, at Government House, at
Auckland, this twenty-second day of
July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency\'s command,
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Attorney-General\'s Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
WILLIAM THOMAS LOCKE TRAVERS, Esquire,
to be Judge of the District Court of Nelson.
FRED. WHITAKER.
Attorney-General\'s Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
Mr. JOHN SHARP
to be Clerk of the District Court of Nelson.
FRED. WHITAKER.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1859, No 15
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🏘️ Publication of extracts from the General Government Gazette
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government18 August 1859
Provincial Secretary, Nelson, General Government Gazette
- Alfred Domett, Provincial Secretary
🏛️ Proclamation signifying Her Majesty's assent to Gold-fields legislation
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration22 July 1859
Proclamation, Gold-fields, Legislation, Royal Assent, Governor
- Thomas Gore Browne (Colonel), Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
- Henry John Tancred
⚖️ Appointment of Judge of the District Court of Nelson
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement26 July 1859
Appointment, Judge, District Court, Nelson
- William Thomas Locke Travers (Esquire), Appointed Judge of the District Court of Nelson
- Fred. Whitaker, Attorney-General
⚖️ Appointment of Clerk of the District Court of Nelson
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement26 July 1859
Appointment, Clerk, District Court, Nelson
- John Sharp (Mr.), Appointed Clerk of the District Court of Nelson
- Fred. Whitaker, Attorney-General