✨ Government Despatches and Notices
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF NEW MUNSTER.)
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 may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Excellency's Command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. III.] WELLINGTON, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1850. [No. 14.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1850.
HIS EXCELLENCY the Lieutenant-Governor by desire of the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Despatches, for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.
(COPY.)
Government House,
Auckland,
16th July, 1850.
No. 48.
Sir,—I have the honor to transmit a copy of a Despatch marked “Separate,” of the 22nd December last, which I have received from Lord Grey, containing the purport of his reply to a Memorial which was addressed to his Lordship by certain Gentlemen of Nelson in favour of the immediate introduction of Representative Institutions, and I have to request you will inform the Memorialists of the nature and purport of Lord Grey’s reply, as contained in his Lordship’s Despatch No. 89, of the 22nd of December last, a copy of which I have this day transmitted to you.
I have the honor,
&c.
&c.
(Signed) G. Grey.
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster.
(COPY.)
Separate.
Downing Street,
22nd December, 1849.
Sir,
I have to acknowledge your Despatch No. 45, of the 5th of April last, enclosing a Memorial addressed to me by certain Gentlemen as Members of a Committee appointed at a Public Meeting held in Nelson, in favour of the immediate introduction of Representative Government.
My Despatch of even date herewith explains at length the reasons for which I have felt it impossible to consent to such a change for the present: and you will accordingly acquaint these Gentlemen with the substance of it, as containing my answer to the prayer of their Memorial.
I have, &c.
(Signed) Grey.
Governor
Sir George Grey,
&c. &c. &c.
(COPY.)
Downing Street,
22nd December, 1849.
No. 89.
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the series of Despatches enumerated by dates and numbers in the margin, all of them relating to the subject of the Establishment of Provincial Legislative Councils, and to that of the proposed introduction at a future time of Representative Government in one or both of the Provinces into which New Zealand is now divided, and in such others as may hereafter be comprised within its Limits.
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New Munster Gazette 1850, No 14
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🏛️ Publication of Despatches Regarding Representative Institutions
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 August 1850
Despatches, Representative Institutions, Nelson Memorial, Lord Grey
- ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary
- G. Grey, Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster
- Grey, Secretary of State
- Governor Sir George Grey
🏛️ Transmission of Despatch on Representative Government
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 July 1850
Despatch, Lord Grey, Representative Government, Nelson Memorial
- G. Grey, Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster
🏛️ Acknowledgement of Despatch on Representative Government
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration22 December 1849
Despatch, Lord Grey, Representative Government, Nelson Memorial
- Grey, Secretary of State
- Governor Sir George Grey
🏛️ Explanation of Despatch on Provincial Legislative Councils
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration22 December 1849
Despatch, Provincial Legislative Councils, Representative Government, New Zealand Provinces
- Grey, Secretary of State