New Zealand Gazette – 1861 – No. 32

Page 171

✨ Proclamation of Assent to Bills

Numb. 32.

171

The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1861.

A PROCLAMATION,
Intimating Her Majesty's assent to certain
Bills passed by the General Assembly.

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.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the
Session of Parliament, held in the
fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty's
reign, intituled "An Act to grant a Rep-
resentative Constitution to the Colony of New
Zealand," it is amongst other things enacted
that no Bill which shall be reserved for the
signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon,
shall have any force or authority within the
Colony of New Zealand until the Governor of
the said Colony shall signify by speech or
Message to the Legislative Council and House
of Representatives of the said Colony, or by
Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid
before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her
Majesty has been pleased to assent to the
same.

And whereas certain Bills passed by the
Legislative Council and House of Repre-
sentatives of the said Colony, intituled

1 "The Land for compensation (Nelson and
Marlborough) Act, 1860." (Second day of
November, One thousand eight hundred and
sixty.)

"Naval and Military Settlers' Act, 1860."
(Third day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty.)

"Taranaki Settlers' Relief Act, 1860."
(Third day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty,)

were presented to the Governor of the said
Colony for Her Majesty's assent, and the said
Bills were reserved for the signification of Her
Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the
said in part recited Act, do, by this Proclama-
tion, signify and proclaim to all whom it may
concern that the said Bills have been laid
before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her
Majesty has been pleased to assent to the
same.

Given under my hand, at the
Government House, at Auck-
land, and issued under the
Seal of the Colony of New
Zealand, this third day of
July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.

T. GORE BROWNE.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1861, No 32

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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🏛️ Proclamation of Her Majesty's Assent to Three Acts of the General Assembly

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated3 July 1861
KeywordsProclamation, Royal Assent, Legislation, Governor, General Assembly, Land Compensation Act, Settlers Relief Act
👩‍💼 Officials

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
E. W. Stafford

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