New Ulster Gazette – 1850 – No. 8

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✨ Royal Mourning Notices

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY,

PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.

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.

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

Vol. III. AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1850. No. 8.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 25th April, 1850.

INFORMATION having been received in the Colony of the Death of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the Earl Marshal of England having, in pursuance of the commands of Her Majesty the Queen, given notice that, upon the melancholy occasion of the death of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, all persons do put themselves into deep mourning; His Excellency the Governor invites the Civil Officers of the Government, and all others Her Majesty’s subjects in the Colony whose circumstances and situation will enable them to do so, to put themselves in decent mourning for ten days commencing on Sunday, the 28th instant, as a tribute of respect for the exalted piety and unfeigned humility which distinguished the character of the illustrious deceased.

As a further mark of respect, His Excellency directs that the Union Flags at the several Government stations, be hoisted half-mast high from 8 a.m., on Sunday next, until sunset.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
25th April, 1850.

HIS Excellency the Governor-in-Chief directs the publication, for general information, of the following extract from the London Gazette of the 11th December, 1849.

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

Whitehall, 10th Dec., 1849.

The Queen has been pleased to command that the following Directions, given by Her late Majesty Queen Adelaide for Her Funeral, should be made public.

Her Majesty has desired that these Directions, which are worthy of the exalted piety and unfeigned humility of the late Queen...

VUW Te Waharoa — New Ulster Gazette 1850, No 8

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

🏛️ Mourning for Queen Adelaide

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated25 April 1850
KeywordsMourning, Queen Adelaide, Queen Dowager, Union Flags, Government stations
👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Publication of Queen Adelaide's Funeral Directions

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated25 April 1850
KeywordsQueen Adelaide, Funeral Directions, London Gazette
👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

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