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The New Zealand Gazette
Published by Authority.
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1861.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 30th May, 1861.
THE following Despatch from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies, announcing the
death of Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, is published for
general information.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Downing Street,
18th March, 1861.
SIR,— It is with the greatest regret
that I have to communicate to you the
melancholy intelligence of the death of
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent.
Her Royal Highness expired at
Frogmore House on the morning of
the 16th instant, at about half-past
nine o'clock, to the great grief of Her
Most Gracious Majesty, and of the
Royal Family.
I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.
Governor Gore Browne, C.B.
&c., &c., &c.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 30th May, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that by Letters Patent under
the Seal of the Colony,
His Honor ALEXANDER JAMES
JOHNSTON, Esq.,
a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
has been appointed to be Her Majesty's Com-
missioner to determine questions as to the
Proprietary Rights of a certain portion of the
Ngatiawa Tribe, lately in arms against Her
Majesty, in a Block of Land at Taranaki.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 30th May, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN ROGAN, Esq.,
to ascertain and mark out the Boundaries of
the Proprietary Rights of a certain portion of
the Ngatiawa Tribe, lately in arms against
Her Majesty, in a Block of Land at Taranaki.
E. W. STAFFORD.
MILITIA.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 30th May, 1861.
THE Governor has been pleased to direct
that paragraph 6 of the Regulations
relative to command and rank of Officers in the
New Zealand Militia Service, published in
Gazette No. 18, of the 27th March, 1861, be
cancelled. Also, that at the end of paragraph
1 of the Regulations relative to "Correspon-
dence" published in the same Gazette, the fol-
lowing words be added :—"Except when the
"Militia or Volunteer Forces are engaged in
"active service in the field and form part of
"the force under command of an Officer of the
"regular Army, in which case all reports are
"to be made to the Staff Officer of the Bri-
"gade to which the Militia or Volunteer Force
" is attached."
E. W. STAFFORD.
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NZ Gazette 1861, No 25
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🏛️ Publication of Despatch announcing death of Duchess of Kent
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration30 May 1861
Royal Family, Death announcement, Despatch, Colonial Secretary
- E. W. STAFFORD
- NEWCASTLE
- Governor Gore Browne, C.B.
🪶 Appointment of Judge Johnston as Commissioner for Ngatiawa Land Rights
🪶 Māori Affairs30 May 1861
Appointment, Supreme Court Judge, Land Rights, Taranaki, Ngatiawa Tribe
- ALEXANDER JAMES Johnston (Esquire), Appointed Her Majesty's Commissioner
- E. W. STAFFORD
🪶 Appointment of John Rogan to ascertain Ngatiawa Land Boundaries
🪶 Māori Affairs30 May 1861
Appointment, Land Boundaries, Taranaki, Ngatiawa Tribe
- JOHN Rogan (Esquire), Appointed to ascertain land boundaries
- E. W. STAFFORD
🛡️ Amendment to New Zealand Militia Regulations regarding correspondence
🛡️ Defence & Military30 May 1861
Militia, Regulations, Command, Rank, Correspondence, Active Service
- E. W. STAFFORD