New Zealand Gazette – 1845 – No. 8

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✨ Proclamation of blockade

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

EXTRAORDINARY.

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. V.] AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1845. [No. 8.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency ROBERT FITZROY, Esquire, Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS it has become necessary to establish a blockade of the Bay of Islands—in order to prevent intercourse with the Natives who are in arms against Her Majesty—aud, as a measure of precaution for the safety of vessels which might be surprised :—

I, the Governor, do hereby proclaim and declare, that no Merchant vessel will be allowed to remain in, or have any intercourse with the Bay of Islands during the continuance of such blockade.

Given under my Hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Colony, at Government House, Auckland, this seventeenth day of April, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

(L. S.)

ROBERT FITZROY,
Governor.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

CHRISTOPHER FULTON, Government Printer, Auckland.

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🛡️ Proclamation establishing a blockade of the Bay of Islands

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated17 April 1845
KeywordsBlockade, Bay of Islands, Merchant vessels, Military, Proclamation
👩‍💼 Officials

Robert FitzRoy, Governor
Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

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