✨ Borough Proclamation and Appointments
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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
Published by Authority.
VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1842. [No. 22.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency WILLIAM HOBSON,
Esq., Captain in Her Majesty's Royal
Navy, and Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice Admiral of the same,
&c. &c.
WHEREAS, by an Ordinance enacted by
the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council
thereof, Session II, No. 6, entitled "An Ordi-
nance to provide for the establishment and regu-
lation of Municipal Corporations," it is enacted,
that every Settlement within the Colony, having
a population of two thousand souls, shall be a
Borough, and that His Excellency the Governor
shall by Proclamation declare the same to be a
Borough within the meaning of the said Ordi-
nance, and shall at the same time, with the ad-
vice of the Executive Council, define the boun-
daries thereof.
And whereas, it is also enacted, that His
Excellency the Governor shall, by such Pro-
clamation as aforesaid, prescribe a period
within which all claims to the right of voting at
the election of the first Council shall be made,
and shall appoint a fit person to receive such
claims, and to act as returning Officer at such
election.
And whereas, the Town of Wellington con-
tains a population of upwards of two thousand
souls.
Now, therefore, I, the Governor, in pusuance
of the provisions of the said recited Ordinance,
do hereby proclaim the said Town of Wellington
to be a Borough within the meaning of the
said Ordinance. And I do hereby, with the
advice of the Executive Council, define and de-
clare the Boundaries of the said Borough of
Wellington, to comprise all Lands within the
line set forth, in the Surveyor's Plan, as the
outside boundaries of the Public reserve, in the
plan of the Town of Port Nicholson, approved
by His Excellency the Governor, and so much
of the Harbour as are comprised within a radius
of seven miles, from the Market-place at Pah
Pipitea, described in the said plan.
And I do hereby also declare, that all claims
to the right of voting at the election of the first
Council of the Borough of Wellington, shall be
made before the thirtieth day of July, 1842;
and I do appoint Michael Murphy, Esq., to re-
ceive such claims, and to act as returning
Officer at such election.
Given under my Hand and Seal, this
twenty-seventh day of May, 1842.
W. HOBSON,
GOVERNOR.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 30th, 1842.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to
be notified, that the following parties
have been appointed under the provisions of the
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🏘️ Proclamation establishing the Borough of Wellington and defining boundaries
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government27 May 1842
Proclamation, Municipal Corporation, Borough, Wellington, Boundaries, Voting rights, Returning Officer
- Michael Murphy (Esquire), Appointed returning officer for election
- William Hobson, Esquire, Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Willoughby Shortland
🏛️ Notification of appointments made by the Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration30 May 1842
Appointments, Colonial Secretary, Governor