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By His Excellency' Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1854. [No. 18.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
7th August, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government directs the publication,
for general information, of the following
Messages (Nos. 24 and 25, with the papers
relating thereto) which have been sent by
His Excellency to the Legislative Council
and the House of Representatives.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR.
Colonial Secretary.
MESSAGE—No. 24.
The Officer administering the Government,
considers it his duty to apprise the House of
Representatives, that in consequence of the
resignation of their seats in the Executive Coun-
cil, caused by Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Weld, Mr.
Sewell, and Mr. Bartley, he is preparing a
Message to the House, which will fully explain
to them his views and wishes, with regard to
the relations of the Executive towards the two
Houses of the Legislature, during his tempo-
rary administration of the Government. He
has a confident hope, that the Message in
question will be ready for delivery on the day
after tomorrow, not later than two o'clock in
the afternoon.
(Signed) R. H. WYNYARD.
Government House, Auckland,
3rd August, 1854.
MESSAGE No. 25.
The Officer Administering the Govern-
ment, with reference to the resignation of
their seats in the Executive Council by Mr.
Fitzgerald, Mr. Weld, Mr. Sewell, and Mr.
Bartley, and in compliance with the promise
made by his Message of the day before yes-
terday, proceeds to explain to the House of
Representatives, as fully as the time will al-
low, his views and wishes with regard to the
relations of the Executive towards the two
Houses of the Legislature during his acci-
dental and temporary administration of the
Government.
He trusts that the House, not less con-
scious than himself of the grave importance
of the present crisis in the affairs of the co-
lony, will give to the whole subject the same
calm and deliberate consideration as he has
himself bestowed upon it.
He begs of the House to revert to the po-
sition in which he was placed when His Ex-
cellency the Governor departed from the
colony.
The very title of the office which then de-
volved upon him, shows that the only duties
which it was absolutely incumbent on him to
perform, were those of administering the Go-
vernment for a brief period; that is, only for
the purpose of maintaining the ordinary rou-
tine of public business until he should be re-
lieved by the arrival of a regularly appointed
Governor, not owing his authority to the ac-
cident of his being the Senior Officer in com-
mand of the troops, but obtaining it from the
deliberate confidence of her Majesty.
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NZ Gazette 1854, No 18
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🏛️ Publication of Government Messages
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration7 August 1854
Messages, Legislative Council, House of Representatives, Executive Council
- Mr Fitzgerald, Resigned from Executive Council
- Mr Weld, Resigned from Executive Council
- Mr Sewell, Resigned from Executive Council
- Mr Bartley, Resigned from Executive Council
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
- R. H. Wynyard, Officer administering the Government