New Zealand Gazette – 1860 – No. 34

Page 191

✨ Appointments and Legislative Changes



Numb. 34.
191

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1860.

Warrant appointing Polling-place.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the Most Honorable 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.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL
COME, GREETING:

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly, intituled the "The Regu-
lation of Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Warrant under his hand, from time to time, to
appoint Polling Places for each Electoral
District within or without the limits thereof,
and to appoint any one of such Places to be
the Principal Polling Place for the District,
and all or any of such Polling Places at any
time to abolish, and to appoint other Polling
Places in lieu thereof:

NOW KNOW YE, that I, Thomas Gore
Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in
pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint
the following place to be Polling Place for the
Electoral District of Grey and Bell, as con-
stituted by the "Representation Act, 1860,"
for the election of Members of the House of
Representatives, namely:--

At New Plymouth-The Court House.

And I do further appoint the Polling Place
at the Court House, New Plymouth, to be the
principal Polling Place for the said District.

Given under my hand, at Govern-
ment House at Auckland, this
31st day of October in the year
of Our Lord, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty,

T. GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's command,

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 10, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that the
Honble. CHRISTOPHER WM. RICHMOND,
has resigned the office of Minister for Native
Affairs, and that his resignation has been ac-
cepted.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 10, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that the
Honble. FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD,
has been appointed Minister for Native Affairs.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 6, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that
HENRY WILLIAM PETRE, Esq., commonly
called the Hon. Henry William Petre,
having, for two successive Sessions of the Ge-
neral Assembly, failed to give his attendance
in the Legislative Council, without the per-
mission of Her Majesty or of the Governor,
signified by the Governor to the said Legisla-
tive Council, his seat in the said Council has
thereby become vacant.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 6, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that
JOHN JOHNSTON, Esq.,
having, for two successive Sessions of the Ge-
neral Assembly, failed to give his attendance
in the Legislative Council, without the per-
mission of Her Majesty or of the Governor,
signified by the Governor to the said Legisla-
tive Council, his seat in the said Council has
thereby become vacant.

E. W. STAFFORD.



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🏛️ Warrant appointing Polling Place for Grey and Bell Electoral District

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
31 October 1860
Polling Place, Electoral District, Grey and Bell, New Plymouth, Court House, Representation Act 1860
  • Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable 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

🏛️ Resignation of Minister for Native Affairs

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 November 1860
Resignation, Minister for Native Affairs, Auckland
  • CHRISTOPHER WM. Richmond (Honourable), Resigned as Minister for Native Affairs

  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Appointment of Minister for Native Affairs

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 November 1860
Appointment, Minister for Native Affairs, Auckland
  • FREDERICK ALOYSIUS Weld (Honourable), Appointed Minister for Native Affairs

  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Vacancy declared in Legislative Council seat for H. W. Petre

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
6 November 1860
Legislative Council, Seat Vacancy, Non-attendance
  • HENRY WILLIAM Petre (Esquire, Honourable), Seat vacated in Legislative Council

  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Vacancy declared in Legislative Council seat for John Johnston

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
6 November 1860
Legislative Council, Seat Vacancy, Non-attendance
  • JOHN Johnston (Esquire), Seat vacated in Legislative Council

  • E. W. Stafford