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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. III.] AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1855. [No. 20.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Compaion of the
Most Honorable Order of the
(L. S.) Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand
and Vice-Admiral of the same.
WHEREAS, Her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased, by Letters Patent
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date
the ninth day of February, in the year
of our Lord 1855, to constitute and appoint
me, THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Esquire, Colonel
in H. M. Army, to be Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over H. M. Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and of
all Forts and Garrisons which were or should
be established in the said Colony: And Her
Majesty did require and command all Officers
and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all
other the Inhabitants of the said Colony, to
be obedient to, aiding and assisting me
in the execution of Her Majesty's Commis-
sion.
Now, therefore, I, THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
do hereby proclaim and declare that I have
this day taken the prescribed Oaths, and as-
sumed the administration of the Government
accordingly; and I hereby call upon the In-
habitants of the Colony to be aiding and
assisting me therein.
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony, at Auckland, this 6th
day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-five.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
6th February, 1855.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
FREDERICK GORDON STEWARD, Esq.,
Captain in H. M. Service, to be his Private
Secretary.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
Private Secretary's Office,
September 6th, 1855.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified for general information that
he will hold a LEVEE at the Assembly House,
on FRIDAY next, the 7th instant, at two
o'clock, p m.
By His Excellency's command;
FREDERICK GORDON STEWARD,
Private Secretary.
Printed by WILLIAMSON & WILSON, for the New Zealand Government.
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🏛️ Proclamation by Governor Thomas Gore Browne assuming administration
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 September 1855
Governor, Proclamation, Assumption of office, Commission, Oaths, Public Seal
- THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Colonel in H. M. Army, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Captain F. G. Steward as Private Secretary
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 February 1855
Appointment, Private Secretary, Military Service
- Frederick Gordon Steward (Esquire, Captain in H. M. Service), Appointed Private Secretary
- ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Notification of Governor's Levee on September 7th
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 September 1855
Levee, Assembly House, Public Notification
- FREDERICK GORDON STEWARD, Private Secretary