New Munster Gazette – 1849 – No. 24

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✨ Proclamation and Ordinances

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

(PROVINCE OF NEW MUNSTER.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.

VOL. II.] WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1849. [No. 24.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Edward John Eyre, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Munster, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS the undermentioned Ordinances, enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Munster, in the Islands of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, which were reserved in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, have now received Her Majesty's gracious confirmation, and the same powers as are conferred on the Officer administering the Government of the colony for the time being: (16th July, 1849.)

No. 6. An Ordinance to confer upon the Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster, within the Province, the same powers in certain cases as are conferred on the Officer administering the Government of the colony for the time being. (16th July, 1849.)

No. 5. An Ordinance to provide a cheap and expeditious mode of erecting parish churches occupying land or premises within the Province of New Munster without right, title, or license. (16th June, 1849.)

No. 7. An Ordinance to authorize the levying and collecting of Rates for the making and repairing of Roads, Streets, &c., in any town in the Province of New Munster. (16th June, 1849.)

No. 8. An Ordinance to appropriate the Revenue for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine-fifty. (22nd June, 1849.)

No. 9. An Ordinance to increase the efficiency of the Constabulary Force. (22nd June, 1849.)

No. 10. An Ordinance to authorize the levying and collection of Tolls on Roads, and of Rates on Land, in the Province of New Munster. (22nd June, 1849.)

VUW Te Waharoa — New Munster Gazette 1849, No 24

The Province of New Munster was led by Lieutenant-Governor Edward John Eyre, whose residence was First Government House (depicted) on the land where Parliament now sits in Wellington.

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🏛️ Proclamation of Ordinances by Lieutenant-Governor

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated16 October 1849
KeywordsProclamation, Ordinances, Legislative Council, New Munster
👩‍💼 Officials

Edward John Eyre, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Munster
Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Ordinance conferring powers on Lieutenant-Governor

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated16 July 1849
KeywordsOrdinance, Legislative Powers, Lieutenant-Governor

🏛️ Ordinance for erecting parish churches

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated16 June 1849
KeywordsOrdinance, Parish Churches, Land Use

🏗️ Ordinance for road rates and repairs

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated16 June 1849
KeywordsOrdinance, Road Rates, Infrastructure

💰 Ordinance for revenue appropriation

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated22 June 1849
KeywordsOrdinance, Revenue Appropriation, Budget

⚖️ Ordinance for constabulary force efficiency

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated22 June 1849
KeywordsOrdinance, Constabulary Force, Law Enforcement

💰 Ordinance for levying tolls and land rates

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated22 June 1849
KeywordsOrdinance, Tolls, Land Rates, Infrastructure

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