New Ulster Gazette – 1848 – No. 1

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✨ Government Proclamations

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.

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.

By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.

Vol. I. AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 1848. No. 1.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency GEORGE GREY, Esquire, Governor-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, and Governor of the Provinces of New Ulster and New Munster, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.:

WHEREAS, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the tenth day of December, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand eight hundred and forty-six, to constitute and appoint me, GEORGE GREY, Esquire, to be Governor-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of New Ulster and New Munster, with such powers and authorities, and according to such directions as are expressed in Her Majesty’s Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the twenty-third day of December, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand eight hundred and forty-six: And Her Majesty did require and command all Officers and Ministers, and all other Her Subjects in the said Colony, and all other whom it may concern to take due notice of Her Majesty’s said warrant, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Now therefore, I, GEORGE GREY, do hereby proclaim and declare that I have this day taken the prescribed Oaths, and assumed the administration of the Government accordingly: and I hereby call upon the Inhabitants of the Colony, to be aiding and assisting me therein.

Given under my hand, and under the public seal of the aforesaid Islands, at Government House, Auckland, in the Province of New Ulster, in the Islands aforesaid, this first day of January, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand eight Hundred and forty-eight.

GEORGE GREY,
Governor-in-Chief.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

God Save the Queen!

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency GEORGE GREY, Esquire, Governor-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, and Governor of the Province of New Ulster, and New Munster, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the High Court of Admiralty of England, bearing date the thirtieth day of December, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to ordain, constitute, and depute me, GEORGE GREY, Esquire, to be Her Majesty’s Vice Admiral, Commissary, and Deputy in

VUW Te Waharoa — New Ulster Gazette 1848, No 1

The short-lived province of New Ulster never had an established council building (in fact, the New Ulster Legislative Council never met). The Province was led by Lieutenant-Governor George Dean-Pitt, whose residence was a regency style villa (depicted) at the top of Greys Avenue, Auckland.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation of Governorship

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated1 January 1848
KeywordsGovernor, Proclamation, New Zealand, New Ulster, New Munster
👱🏽 Names

George Grey (Esquire), Proclaimed as Governor-in-Chief

👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Proclamation of Vice-Admiralty

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsVice-Admiral, Proclamation, New Zealand, New Ulster, New Munster
👱🏽 Names

George Grey (Esquire), Proclaimed as Vice-Admiral

👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

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