✨ Provincial Election Warrants
Fumb. 39.
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1861.
Warrant Delegating to Superintendent of
Auckland the Governor's power to appoint
Returning Officers, &c.
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 Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by the "Provincial Elec-
tions Act, 1858," the Governor is
empowered to delegate to the Superintendent of
any Province the power of appointing and
removing Returning Officers, and also of ap-
pointing and establishing Polling Places for
the election of the Superintendent or of
Members of the Provincial Council of such
Province, Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore
Browne, the Governor of the said Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the said power and authority, do hereby dele-
gate to John Williamson, Esquire, the Super-
intendent of the Province of Auckland in the
said Colony, the above recited powers, to be
held and exercised by him from time to time
as he shall think fit, so long as he shall hold
the said office of Superintendent.
Given under my hand at the
Government House at Auck-
land, this twenty-sixth 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.
Warrant Delegating to the Superintendent
of Wellington the Governor's power ta
appoint Returning Officers, &c.
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 De-
pendencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, &c, &c., &c.
WHEREAS by the "Provincial Elec-
tions Act, 1858," the Governor is em-
powered to delegate to the Superintendent
of any Province the power of appointing and
removing Returning Officers, and also of
appointing and establishing Polling Places
for the election of the Superintendent or of
Members of the Provincial Council of such
Province, Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore
Browne, the Governor of the said Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the said power and authority, do hereby
delegate to Isaac Earl Featherston, Esquire,
the Superintendent of the Province of
Wellington in the said Colony, the above
recited powers, to be held and exercised by
him from time to time as he shall think fit,
so long as he shall hold the said office of
Superintendent.
Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, this
twenty-sixth 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.
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NZ Gazette 1861, No 39
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🏘️ Warrant Delegating Election Powers to Auckland Superintendent
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government26 August 1861
Delegation of power, Governor, Superintendent, Auckland Province, Returning Officers, Polling Places
- John Williamson (Esquire), Superintendent of Auckland Province
- 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
- William Fox
🏘️ Warrant Delegating Election Powers to Wellington Superintendent
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government26 August 1861
Delegation of power, Governor, Superintendent, Wellington Province, Returning Officers, Polling Places
- Isaac Earl Featherston (Esquire), Superintendent of Wellington Province
- 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
- William Fox