✨ Legislative Council Proceedings
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, DEC. 9, 1848. No. 32.
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
IN THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Thursday, 16th day of November, 1848.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief,
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary,
The Honorable the Attorney General,
The Honorable the Colonial Treasurer,
The Honorable the Surveyor General,
Alexander Kennedy, Esquire,
Frederick Ward Merriman, Esquire,
Absent:
Robert Clapham Barstow, Esquire.
The Council met pursuant to summons.
The oaths of allegiance, supremacy, abjuration, and the oath of office were administered by command of His Excellency the Governor to the Members present.
The Rev. J. F. Churton, Colonial Chaplain, being in attendance was introduced and read prayers.
His Excellency then opened the Council with an address, which on motion of Mr. Merriman was ordered to be printed. (Vide Schedule A.)
The Governor laid on the Table the following Bills:
- “A Bill to provide for the Establishment of Provincial Legislative Councils, in the Colony of New Zealand.”
- “A Bill to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance.”
- “A Bill for the Regulating the Conveyance and Postage of Letters.”
The Attorney General, gave notice that he would move on Friday, the 17th instant, that the Council do proceed with the consideration of the Provincial Councils’ Bill.
Mr. Merriman gave notice that he would move that the Supreme Court Amendment Bill be read a first time on Friday, the 17th instant.
The Colonial Secretary gave notice that he would move that the Postage Bill be read a first time on Friday, the 17th inst.
The Governor laid on the Table a Despatch, from the Secretary of State, dated Downing Street, 24th April, 1848, which on motion of Mr. Merriman, was ordered to be printed. (Vide Schedule B.)
Council then adjourned until 3 o’clock, on Friday, the 17th inst.
Friday, 17th November, 1848.
Present:
All the Members.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The minutes of the last meeting were read, and after being amended, were confirmed.
Robert Clapham Barstow, Esquire, being in attendance, took the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, and the oath of office.
Mr. Merriman presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Auckland, praying that the consideration of the “Provincial Councils Bill” be postponed. Petition read, and on motion of Mr. Merriman, seconded by Mr. Kennedy, it was ordered that the petition be printed. (Vide Schedule C.)
The Attorney General moved the first reading of the “Provincial Councils Bill.”
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🏛️ Journal of Proceedings in the Legislative Council
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 November 1848
Legislative Council, Oaths, Bills, Adjournment
- Alexander Kennedy (Esquire), Present at Legislative Council meeting
- Frederick Ward Merriman (Esquire), Present at Legislative Council meeting
- Robert Clapham Barstow (Esquire), Absent from Legislative Council meeting
- J. F. Churton (Reverend), Colonial Chaplain, read prayers
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Legislative Council Proceedings Continued
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration17 November 1848
Legislative Council, Petition, Bills
- Robert Clapham Barstow (Esquire), Took oaths at Legislative Council meeting