PROCLAMATION.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY CAPTAIN HOBSON,
Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over the Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependen-
cies, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased, by Commission under
the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 16th day of
November, in the Year of our Lord, 1840, to con-
stitute and appoint me WILLIAM HOBSON,
ESQUIRE, Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy,
to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and
over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief, aforesaid, do hereby proclaim
and declare, that I have this day taken the pre-
scribed Oaths, and assumed the Administration of
the Government accordingly.

And I do hereby further proclaim and declare,
that Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint an
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL for the said Colony, and to
nominate and appoint the under-mentioned Per-
sons to be Members thereof,—That is to say:-

The Colonial Secretary of the said Colony for the
time-being.
The Attorney-General of the said Colony for the
time-being, and
The Colonial Treasurer of the said Colony for the
time-being

And I do hereby proclaim and declare, that
Her Majesty has been further pleased to appoint
a LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for the said Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies, and to ap-
point and direct that such Legislative Council
shall be formed and shall consist of the following
Members:-

His Excellency the Governor for the time-being,
The Colonial Secretary for the time-being,
The Attorney-General for the time-being,
The Colonial Treasurer for the time-being, and
The Three Senior Justices of the Peace, nomi-
nated as such in any Commission of the Peace
to be issued by me, the said Governer and
Commander-in-Chief, or by the Governor or
Acting-Governor for the time-being.

The Governor, fully impressed with the mag-
nitude and importance of the duties thus con-
fided to him, is supported by the hope that Al-
mighty God will bless his best efforts to give full
effect to these Her Majesty's most gracious measures
for the establishment of peace and order in this
important Colony; and he relies with confidence
on the loyalty of the Colonists, and on their
hearty co-operation with the Government in cul-
tivating those feelings of mutual good will, which
alone can insure to them the future benefit of
Her Majesty's solicitude for their welfare and
prosperity.

2

The Governor avails himself of this occasion
to appeal to the good feelings of the Colonists
generally in favor of their fellow subjects of the
Native Race, who require only instruction and
good example to become equal to Europeans in
mora, as they already are in physical attainments,
and to point out to all who really have the
true interests of the Country at heart, the propri-
ety of conciliating their affections by making
every charitable allowance for their defects, and
by conducting all intercourse with them in a spirit
of justice and forbearance.

The Governor trusts that he will be afforded
the satisfaction of hereafter knowing, that his
endeavours for the accomplishment of Her
Majesty's gracious and benign views have not
been employed in vain.

Given under my Hand and Seal, at
Government-House, Auckland, this
3rd day of May, in the Fourth Year of
Her Majesty's Reign, and in the Year
of Our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Forty-one.

(Signed)
"W. HOBSON, GOVERNOR."
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 3, 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
Gentlemen to be MAGISTRATES of the Territory
of New Zealand, viz:

Wakefield, William
Symonds, William Cornwallis
Clendon, James Reddie
Beckham, Thomas
Bunbury, Thomas
Clarke, George
Coates, James
Cooper, George
Dawson, Gilbert Francis
Fisher, Francis
Fitzgerald, Robert A.
Godfrey, Edward Lee
Halswell, Edmund Store
Hanson, R. Davis
Hunter, George
Johnson John
Mair, Gilbert
M'Donough, Arthur Edward
Martin, S., M. D.
Matthew, Felton
Murphy, Michael,
Powditch, William
Richmond, Mathew
Robinson, Charles Berrington
Shortland, Willoughby
Smart, Henry Dalton, and
St. Hill, Henry.

By His Excellency's Command,
(Signed)
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,