New Zealand Gazette – 1861 – No. 13

Page 67

✨ Governor's Proclamation



Numb. 13.

67

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1861.

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 its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.

to me, the said Thomas Gore Browne, the
Governor of New Zealand, (amongst others)
the before recited power for the removal of
Superintendents of Provinces:

And whereas in and by an address, dated the
nineteenth day of December last, and received
by me on the first day of January last, and
signed by the majority of the Members of
the Provincial Council of the Province of
Otago, such Members requested me to remove

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL
COME GREETING:—

W HEREAS it was enacted by the "New
Zealand Constitution Act" that at any
time during the continuance of the office of any
Superintendent of a Province it should be
lawful for Her Majesty to remove him from
such office on receiving an address signed by
the majority of the Members of the Provincial
Council of such Province praying for such
removal: And whereas it was by the said Act
further provided that it should be lawful for
Her Majesty, by Letters Patent issued under
the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, or by
Instructions under Her Majesty's Signet and
Sign Manual, or signified through one of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to
delegate to the Governor any of the powers
thereinbefore secured to Her Majesty respect-
ing (amongst other things) the removal of
Superintendents of Provinces: And whereas
by Instructions under Her Royal Signet and
Sign Manual, dated at Windsor the 14th day
of November, 1857, Her Majesty did delegate

JAMES MACANDREW, ESQ.,

the Superintendent of the said Province from
such Office.

Now, therefore, I, THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
of the power and authority for this purpose
vested in me, do hereby remove the said

JAMES MACANDREW,

from the Office of Superintendent of the
Province of Otago.

In witness whereof, I have here-
unto signed my name at
the Government House, at
Auckland, and have caused
the Seal of the Colony of
New Zealand to be hereunto
affixed, this sixth day of
March, 1861.

T. GORE BROWNE.

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



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🏛️ Proclamation Removing James Macandrew as Superintendent of Otago Province

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
6 March 1861
Governor, Proclamation, Superintendent removal, Otago Province, Constitution Act, Delegation of Power
  • JAMES MACANDREW (Esquire), removed as Superintendent of Otago

  • Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • E. W. Stafford