New Zealand Gazette – 1842 – No. 48

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✨ Government Proclamation

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
OF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 1842,
Published by Authority.

VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1842. [No. 48.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND, Esquire,
the Officer, Administering the Government of Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral
of the same. Issued under the Public Seal of the Colony.

WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 5th and
6th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen VICTORIA, c. 36, inti-
tuled "An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown
"in the Australian Colonies," certain regulations are prescribed for the
disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown in New Zealand.

And whereas it is enacted, that the said Act shall take effect and have the
force of Law in this Colony, from the day of the receipt of a Copy thereof
by the Governor, which day such Governor shall certify and make known
to the inhabitants of the Colony by a Proclamation, to be by him, for that
purpose, forthwith issued. And whereas it is also enacted, that by the
word Governor as employed in the said Act, is intended and described the
person who, for the time being, shall be lawfully administering the Go-
vernment of the Colony.

Now, therefore, I, the Officer administering the Government of the said
Colony, in pursuance of the requirements of the said recited Act, do hereby
proclaim, certify, and declare, that I have this day received a Copy of the
said Act, and that the same will from this day take effect, and have the
force of Law, throughout the Colony of New Zealand.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Auckland, this 22nd
day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-two.

WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,
The Officer administering the Government.

By His Excellency's Command, (for the Colonial Secretary),
WILLIAM CONNELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1842, No 48

Governor William Hobson's Government House in Auckland (1840s)

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation certifying commencement of Waste Land Sale Act

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 November 1842
KeywordsProclamation, Waste Land Sale, Crown Lands, Legislation, New Zealand Law
👩‍💼 Officials

Willoughby Shortland, Esquire, Officer Administering the Government
William Connell, for the Colonial Secretary

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