✨ Exhibition Commissioners and Militia Rules




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 199

Warrant appointing Commissioners for
International Exhibition of 1862.

His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, &c, &c., &c.

TO ALL PERSONS GREETING:

WHEREAS it has been publicly notified
that an International Exhibition of Agri-
cultural and Industrial Products will be held
at London in the year One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two: And whereas it has
been proposed that a Commission should be
appointed in the several Provinces of the
Colony of New Zealand, for the purpose of
receiving articles the produce or manufacture
of the said Colony, and of selecting and trans-
mitting to London such articles as may be
thought worthy of exposition in the said Inter-
national Exhibition, and of communicating
with Her Majesty's Commissioners in England
respecting such transmission: Now Know
Ye, that I, Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
of the said Colony, have thought fit to consti-
tute and appoint and by these Presents do
constitute and appoint the persons hereunder
mentioned to be Commissioners in the several
Provinces respectively set opposite their names,
to devise and carry out the details necessary to
facilitate the transmission to London of such
said articles as may be selected for exposition
at the International Exhibition to be held at
London in the year One thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-two, and to correspond with
Her Majesty's Commissioners in London res-
pecting such transmission, namely, -

Auckland-His Honor the Superintendent,
Elwin Lrodie Dickson, Carl Frank
Fischer, Charles Heaphy, Edward
King, George Patrick Pierce,
Robert Patterson, and George
Webster.

Taranaki-His Honor the Superintendent,
Harry Albert Atkinson, and Ed-
ward Larwill Humphries.

Hawke's Bay-His Honor the Superintendent,
Alexander Kennedy, Joseph Rhodes,
John Alexander Smith, and Henry
Stokes Tiffen.

Wellington-His Honor the Superintendent,
Richard John Duncan, George
Hunter, William Lyon, George
Moore, Robert Stokes, William
Spink, James Smith, and Jonas
Woodward.

Nelson-His Honor the Superintendent,
Jacob Baley, James Lugsdin Bailey,
Edward Baigent, Edward Everett,
Charles Elliott, and Isaac Mason
Hill.

Marlborough-His Honor the Superintendent,
William Henry Eyes, and William
Douglas Hall Baillie.

Canterbury-His Honor the Superintendent,
Cyrus Daire, William Donald,
Robert Greaves, George Arthur,
Emilius Ross, William Wilson, and
Augustus Edward White.

Otago-His Honor the Superintendent, Rev.
Thomas Burns, D.D., Thomas Ban-
natyne Gillies, John Hyde Harris,
Charles Henry Kettle, William
Purdie, and John Matthew.

Southland-His Honor the Superintendent,
John Blacklock, James Alexander
Robertson Menzies, Thomas John
White, and John Topi Patuki, of
Stewart's Island.

And I do by these Presents give and grant
to the above-named persons, or any two or
more of them, in each Province as hereinbefore
set forth, full power and authority to carry
into effect the purposes of this Commission
by all lawful ways and means whatsoever, and
I do by these presents ordain that this Com-
mission shall continue in force and virtue, and
that they, or any two or more of them,
shall and may from time to time, and at any
place or places, proceed in the execution
thereof, and of every matter and thing therein
contained, although the same be not continued
from time to time by adjournment.

Given under my hand and Seal at the
Government House at Auckland,
this fourth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one.

T. GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLIAM Fox.

DUNEDIN MILITIA REGULATIONS.

By virtue, and in exercise of the authority
in me vested by the "Militia Act, 1858,"
and the "Militia Act Amendment Act, 1860,"
I, Thomas Gore Browne, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make and
issue the following orders for the regulation of
the Dunedin Battalion of Militia.

  1. The Dunedin Militia District shall not
    be divided, but the Dunedin Regiment shall
    constitute one Battalion.

  2. Such Battalion shall be divided into three
    classes.

  3. The first class shall consist of all un-
    married men and widowers without children
    between the ages of sixteen years and forty
    years, both inclusive, who shall be called the
    first-class service men.

  4. The second class shall consist of all
    married men and widowers with children,
    between the same ages, who shall be called
    second-class service men.

And the third class shall consist of all men
between the ages of forty years and fifty-five
years, who shall be called the reserve men.

  1. The men of the several classes shall be
    formed by the senior officer of the Battalion
    into one or more Company or Companies, he
    having regard in such formation to secure, as
    far as possible, contiguity of residence of the
    men in each Company.

T. GORE BROWNE.

Government House,
Auckland, 30th July, 1861.



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πŸ›οΈ Warrant appointing Commissioners for International Exhibition of 1862

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
4 August 1861
International Exhibition, London 1862, Commissioners, Appointments, Provincial Commissions
55 names identified
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • Elwin Lrodie Dickson, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • Carl Frank Fischer, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • Charles Heaphy, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • Edward King, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • George Patrick Pierce, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • Robert Patterson, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • George Webster, Appointed Commissioner for Auckland
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Taranaki
  • Harry Albert Atkinson, Appointed Commissioner for Taranaki
  • Edward Larwill Humphries, Appointed Commissioner for Taranaki
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Hawke's Bay
  • Alexander Kennedy, Appointed Commissioner for Hawke's Bay
  • Joseph Rhodes, Appointed Commissioner for Hawke's Bay
  • John Alexander Smith, Appointed Commissioner for Hawke's Bay
  • Henry Stokes Tiffen, Appointed Commissioner for Hawke's Bay
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • Richard John Duncan, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • George Hunter, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • William Lyon, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • George Moore, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • Robert Stokes, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • William Spink, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • James Smith, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • Jonas Woodward, Appointed Commissioner for Wellington
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • Jacob Baley, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • James Lugsdin Bailey, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • Edward Baigent, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • Edward Everett, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • Charles Elliott, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • Isaac Mason Hill, Appointed Commissioner for Nelson
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Marlborough
  • William Henry Eyes, Appointed Commissioner for Marlborough
  • William Douglas Hall Baillie, Appointed Commissioner for Marlborough
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • Cyrus Daire, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • William Donald, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • Robert Greaves, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • George Arthur, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • Emilius Ross, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • William Wilson, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • Augustus Edward White, Appointed Commissioner for Canterbury
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • Rev. Thomas Burns (D.D.), Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • John Hyde Harris, Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • Charles Henry Kettle, Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • William Purdie, Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • John Matthew, Appointed Commissioner for Otago
  • His Honor the Superintendent, Appointed Commissioner for Southland
  • John Blacklock, Appointed Commissioner for Southland
  • James Alexander Robertson Menzies, Appointed Commissioner for Southland
  • Thomas John White, Appointed Commissioner for Southland
  • John Topi Patuki, Appointed Commissioner for Southland

  • Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • William Fox

πŸ›‘οΈ Dunedin Militia Regulations regarding service classes

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
30 July 1861
Dunedin, Militia, Regulations, Service Men, Reserve Men, 1858 Act
  • T. GORE BROWNE, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand