New Zealand Gazette – 1857 – No. 13

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✨ Proclamations and Official Notices

DIE
SOIT OUI MALY
HONI
DROIT
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1857. [No. 13.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor of the Colony
New Zealand &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by
the Lieutenant Governor of New Zea-
land, with the advice and consent of the Legisla-
tive Council thereof, intituled "An Ordinance
for establishing Courts of Sessions of the
Peace," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by Proclamation, from time to
time, to constitute and define certain Dis-
tricts within which there shall be holden
Courts of Sessions of the Peace, at such times
and places as the Governor shall by Procla-
mation from time to time appoint.

And whereas Sessions of the Peace for the
District of the Province of Canterbury were
by Proclamation dated the thirty-first day of
March, 1857, appointed to be held at the
Town of Christchurch in the said Province, on
the days therein in that behalf mentioned, and
it is expedient that the said Sessions should be
held at the Town of Lyttelton, in the said Pro-
vince, instead of at the Town of Christchurch
aforesaid.

Now therefore I, the Governor, in pursu-
ance of the powers vested in me in that behalf,
do hereby appoint that Sessions of the Peace
shall be held at the Town of Lyttelton, in the
said Province, instead of at the Town of Christ-
church, on the first days of March, June, Sep-
tember and December, in every year, or when
any of the said days shall fall on a Sunday,
or Good Friday, then on the following day.

Given under my hand and issued
under the Public Seal of
the Colony of New Zea-.
land, at Auckland, in the
Colony aforesaid, this four-
teenth day of May, in the
year of Our Lord. One
thousand eight hundred and
fifty-seven.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor.

By his Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Private Secretary's Office,
May 15th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor will hold a
LEVEE at Government House, on TUES-
DAY, the 26th instant, at two o'clock, in honor
of Her Majesty's Birthday.

By command,
FREDERICK GORDON STEWARD,
Private Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 15th, 1857.

IT is hereby notified that TUESDAY, the
26th instant, will be observed as a Holi-
day at the Public Offices, in honor of Her
Majesty's Birthday.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1857, No 13

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

⚖️ Proclamation changing location of Canterbury Sessions of the Peace to Lyttelton

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated14 May 1857
KeywordsProclamation, Sessions of the Peace, Canterbury Province, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Court location
👩‍💼 Officials

Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor of the Colony New Zealand
E. W. STAFFORD

🏛️ Governor to hold a Levee in honour of Her Majesty's Birthday

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated15 May 1857
KeywordsLevee, Government House, Her Majesty's Birthday, Social engagement
👩‍💼 Officials

FREDERICK GORDON STEWARD, Private Secretary

🏛️ Public Offices closed for Her Majesty's Birthday holiday

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated15 May 1857
KeywordsHoliday, Public Offices, Her Majesty's Birthday, Closure
👩‍💼 Officials

E. W. STAFFORD

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