New Zealand Gazette – 1858 – No. 10

Page 46

✨ Governor's Proclamation

Numb. 10. 46

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1858.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of
New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS the General Assembly of New Zealand now stands
prorogued to the sixth day of April instant, and it is expedient
further to prorogue the same; Now, therefore, I, the Governor, in pur-
suance of the authority in me vested in that behalf, do hereby further
prorogue the said General Assembly to Saturday, the Tenth day of April
instant; and I do hereby further announce and proclaim that the said
General Assembly shall assemble for the despatch of business on the
aforesaid Tenth day of April next, at two o'clock, P.M., in the General
Assembly House, at Auckland, and the Honorable Members of the
Legislative Council and the Members of the House of Representatives,
respectively, are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time
and place accordingly.

Given under my Hand and issued under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at Government House, at Auck-
land, this Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent, Auckland.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1858, No 10

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.

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🏛️ Prorogation and Assembly of the General Assembly

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated5 April 1858
KeywordsProclamation, General Assembly, Prorogation, Auckland, Legislative Council, House of Representatives
👩‍💼 Officials

Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same
E. W. Stafford

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