Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 27

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✨ Provincial Government Proclamation

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NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

(PROVINCE OF NELSON).

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 may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

VOL. XIII. NELSON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1865. No. 27.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor ALFRED SAUNDERS, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the Session holden in the 21st and 22nd years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to extend the time within which the Governor is required to signify his pleasure on Bills passed by Provincial Councils and reserved by Superintendents," it is among other things enacted that such Bills shall not have any force or authority within the said Province until the Superintendent shall signify, by speech or message to the Provincial Council, or by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, that such Bills have been laid before the Governor, and that the Governor has assented to the same; And whereas an Act was passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Nelson, in Session XIII., intituled—

"An Act to repeal the Provincial Council Enlargement Ordinance, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof;"

and the same was reserved by me for the assent of his Excellency the Governor:

Now therefore I, the said Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, do hereby proclaim and declare that the aforesaid Act has been laid before his Excellency the Governor, and that his Excellency has assented to the same.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province, at Nelson, this Fifteenth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

ALFRED SAUNDERS,
Superintendent.

Attested,
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

PDF — Nelson Provincial Gazette 1865, No 27

The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

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🏘️ Proclamation regarding Governor's assent to Provincial Council Act

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated15 September 1865
KeywordsProclamation, Provincial Council, Legislation, Nelson, Governor's assent
👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Saunders, Superintendent
Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary, pro tem

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