New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 32

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✨ Legislation Publication and Text

DIEU
SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
HONI
DROIT

NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

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
and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Excellency's Command,
C. W. RICHMOND, Colonial Secretary.

VOL IV.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1856. | No. 32.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 19th August, 1856.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the New Zealand Constitution Act, His Excellency the
Governor directs the publication of the following Acts of the General Assembly for public
information.

By His Excellency's command,
C. W. RICHMOND,
Colonial Secretary.

THE COUNTIES ACT, 1856.

IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
VICTORIA.

SESSION 4, No. 18.

ANALYSIS

Title.
Preamble.

Governor empowered to divide Provinces
into Counties, &c.
2, Short title.

AN ACT to authorise the division of the Provinces of the Colony of New Title.
Zealand into Counties, Hundreds, and Parishes.

(Assented to 7th August, 1856.)

WHEREAS it is expedient to authorise the subdivision of the Preamble.
several Provinces of the Colony of New Zealand for civil
purposes.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1856, No 32

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Direction to Publish Acts of the General Assembly

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated19 August 1856
KeywordsActs, General Assembly, Publication, Colonial Secretary
👩‍💼 Officials

C. W. Richmond, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Text and Analysis of The Counties Act, 1856

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated7 August 1856
KeywordsLegislation, Counties Act, Province division, General Assembly

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