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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.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. IV.] WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1851. [No. 7.]
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 13th, 1851.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Addresses, with his Excellency’s replies thereto, for general information.
By His Excellency’s command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.
Nelson, 14th February, 1851.
Sir,—I am instructed by the Minister and Office Bearers of the Wesleyan Methodist Society and Congregation, to ascertain if it would be agreeable to His Excellency the Governor to receive them as a Deputation bearing a Memorial, of which the enclosed is a copy.
In case an audience should be granted, oblige me by stating when and where the Deputation may have the honor of waiting upon His Excellency.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
R. P. OURRANS,
At W. Hough’s, Bridge-street,—Wodehouse, Esq., (Acting) Private Secretary to his Excellency the Governor-General.
Nelson, 14th February, 1851.
Sir,—We, the undersigned Minister and Office Bearers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Congregation, Nelson, desire to approach your Excellency with sentiments of sincere respect and esteem.
We are a religious, not a political Association; notwithstanding it may be proper for us to state that we, with every lover of order and peace, have witnessed with much gratification the great and unceasing exertions made by your Excellency to promote the welfare of both races of Her Majesty’s subjects under your Government in New Zealand. Your efforts deserved the success they have obtained. The settled peace and prosperity of the colony is your rich reward; and will, we trust, be a subject of pleasing recollection to your Excellency in after years, particularly when the present favourable state of things is contrasted with the disturbed, insecure, and greatly imperilled circumstances of the colony on the first arrival of your Excellency.
If, in the order of Divine Providence, your Excellency should remove from the colony without again the gratification of seeing you amongst us, your Excellency may feel assured that our best wishes and earnest
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New Munster Gazette 1851, No 7
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🏛️ Publication of Addresses and Replies
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 March 1851
Governor, Addresses, Replies, Wesleyan Methodist Society
- R. P. Ourrans, Author of letter to Governor
- Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Request for Audience with Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration14 February 1851
Wesleyan Methodist Society, Memorial, Deputation
- R. P. Ourrans, Requested audience with Governor
🏛️ Expression of Respect to Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration14 February 1851
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Governor, Respect