New Ulster Gazette – 1848 – No. 14

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✨ Proclamations and Notices

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 MONDAY, MAY 22, 1848. No. 14.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 22nd May, 1848.

WEDNESDAY next, the 24th instant, being the Anniversary of Her Majesty’s Birthday, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that it be observed as a holiday at the public offices.

By his Excellency’s command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 18th May, 1848.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to give directions for the publication of the following copy of a Royal warrant, for general information.

By His Excellency’s command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

VICTORIA REGINA.

WHEREAS, by various Acts now in force relating to the payment and enrolment of Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners, it is lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, by Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, to fix the number of men to be enrolled in our Colonies as a Local Force, for the preservation of the Public Peace, Our Will and Pleasure therefore is, that, of the said Pensioners residing in the colony of New Zealand, there shall be enrolled as a Local Force, in pursuance of the provisions of the said Acts, Six Hundred Men; in addition to the number of men authorised to be enrolled in the United Kingdom.

Given at our Court at St. James’s, this thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, in the eleventh year of our Reign.

(Signed)
F. MAULE.

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.;

I, THE GOVERNOR of the Province of New Ulster, do hereby proclaim that at eleven o’clock on Tuesday, the eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, the Colonial Treasurer will put up to Auction, at the Treasury, in Auckland, the undermentioned allotments of land, hereby declared to be within the limits of settlement.

Immediate payment in cash to be an indispensable condition of sale.

TOWN ALLOTMENTS,
COUNTY OF EDEN, PARISH OF WAITEMATA,

VUW Te Waharoa — New Ulster Gazette 1848, No 14

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.

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🏛️ Public Holiday for Queen's Birthday

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 May 1848
KeywordsPublic holiday, Queen's Birthday, Auckland
👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🛡️ Publication of Royal Warrant for Local Force

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated18 May 1848
KeywordsRoyal warrant, Local Force, Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners, New Zealand
👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
F. Maule

🗺️ Proclamation of Land Auction

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand auction, Town allotments, County of Eden, Parish of Waitemata, Auckland
👩‍💼 Officials

George Grey, Governor-in-Chief

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