New Zealand Gazette – 1859 – No. 3

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✨ Militia Act Proclamations



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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1859.

AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1859.
Present :-
His Excellency the Governor.
Colonel Gold, Mr. Richmond,
Mr. Stafford, Mr. Tancred.
Mr. Whitaker,

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
from time to time to constitute throughout the
Colony, or in any part thereof, Militia Districts,
and such Districts from time to time to vary
and to designate the Militia of any such Dis-
trict by the name of a Regiment, Battalion,
Corps, or Company;

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Excecutive Council, in exercise of the above
recited power, doth by this present order, con-
stitute four several Militia Districts, to be
called and known by the names following,
namely,-
Auckland Country,
Taranaki,
Wellington, and
Napier,
and doth define the respective boundaries of
the said districts, as follows:-
Of the Auckland Country District, the cir-
cumference of a circle, whereof the radius ex-
tends twenty miles from the present police
office in the City of Auckland, excepting
therefrom the Militia District, constituted by
order in Council of the twelfth day of Novem.
ber, 1858, published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the thirtieth day of the same
month.
Of the Taranaki District, the circumference
of a circle, the radius of which extends twenty
miles from the present police office in the town
of New Plymouth.
Of the Wellington District, the circumference
of a circle, whereof the radius extends twenty
miles from the police office in the city of
Wellington.
Of the Napier District, the circumference of
a circle, whereof the radius extends twenty
miles from the police office in the town of
Napier.
And doth designate the Militia within each
of the said Districts by the name of a Battalion.
F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1859.
Present:--
His Excellency the Governor,
Colonel Gold, Mr. Richmond,
Mr. Stafford, Mr. Tancred.
Mr. Whitaker,

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General
Assembly, intituled "The Militia Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council from time to time to
make, vary, and abolish Regulations under
which the services of Volunteers shall be ac-
cepted in any Militia District. Now, therefore,
His Excellency the Governor by and with the.



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🛡️ Constitution of Four Militia Districts and Designation of Battalions

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13 January 1859
Militia Act 1858, Militia Districts, Auckland Country, Taranaki, Wellington, Napier, Boundaries, Battalions
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • Colonel Gold
  • Mr. Richmond
  • Mr. Stafford
  • Mr. Tancred
  • Mr. Whitaker
  • F. G. Steward, Clerk of the Executive Council

🛡️ Regulations for Acceptance of Volunteer Services under Militia Act

🛡️ Defence & Military
13 January 1859
Militia Act 1858, Volunteer Services, Regulations, Executive Council
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • Colonel Gold
  • Mr. Richmond
  • Mr. Stafford
  • Mr. Tancred
  • Mr. Whitaker