New Zealand Gazette – 1861 – No. 51

Page 317

✨ Government Proclamations and Appointments



Numb. 51.

317

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1861.

A PROCLAMATION.

Assumption of the office of Governor by Sir George Grey, K.C.B.

By His Excellency SIR GEORGE GREY, Knight, Commander 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 Her Majesty has been graciously pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, to constitute and appoint me, Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander
of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, to be Governor and Commander in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and of all Forts and Garrisons which were or should be estab-
lished in the said Colony: And Her Majesty did require and command all Officers and Ministers, Civil and
Military, and all other the Inhabitants of the said Colony, to be obedient to aiding and assisting me in the
execution of Her Majesty's Commission:

Now, therefore, I, SIR GEORGE GREY, do hereby proclaim and declare that I have this day taken the pre-
scribed Oaths and assumed the Administration of the Government accordingly, and I hereby call upon the Inha-
bitants of the Colony to be aiding and assisting me therein.

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

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.

G. GREY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Executive Council Chamber,
Auckland, 4th December, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

  • The Honorable Lieut-General CAMERON, C.B., Commanding the Forces;
  • The Honorable WILLIAM FOX, Esquire, Colonial Secretary;
  • The Honorable HENRY SEWELL, Esquire, Attorney-General;
  • The Honorable READER GILSON WOOD, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer and Commissioner of Customs;
  • The Honorable CROSBIE WARD, Esquire, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Crown Lands;
  • The Honorable THOMAS HENDERSON, Esquire, M.G.A.;
  • The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN, Esquire, M.L.C.;
    to be Members of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

JAMES HOLT,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Executive Council Chamber,
Auckland, 4th December, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that

  • The Honorable Lieut-General CAMERON, C.B., Commanding the Forces,
  • The Honorable WILLIAM FOX, Esquire, Colonial Secretary,
  • The Honorable HENRY SEWELL, Esquire. Attorney-General,
  • The Honorable READER GILSON WOOD, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer and Commissioner of Customs,
  • The Honorable CROSBIE WARD, Esquire, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Crown Lands,
  • The Honorable THOMAS HENDERSON, Esquire, M.G.A.,
  • The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN, Esquire, M.L.C.,
    have this day taken the necessary Oaths and their seats at the Council Table accordingly.

JAMES HOLT,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent.



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🏛️ Assumption of the office of Governor by Sir George Grey

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
4 December 1861
Governor, Proclamation, Oaths, Administration
  • George Grey (Sir, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath), Assumed office as Governor

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointment of Members of the Executive Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
4 December 1861
Executive Council, Appointments, Government
7 names identified
  • Cameron (Honorable Lieut-General, C.B.), Appointed Member of the Executive Council
  • William Fox (Honorable, Esquire), Appointed Member of the Executive Council
  • Henry Sewell (Honorable, Esquire), Appointed Member of the Executive Council
  • Reader Gilson Wood (Honorable, Esquire), Appointed Member of the Executive Council
  • Crosbie Ward (Honorable, Esquire), Appointed Member of the Executive Council
  • Thomas Henderson (Honorable, Esquire), Appointed Member of the Executive Council
  • Daniel Pollen (Honorable, Esquire), Appointed Member of the Executive Council

  • James Holt, Clerk of Executive Council

🏛️ Notification of Members taking Oaths and Seats at the Council Table

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
4 December 1861
Oaths, Executive Council, Government
7 names identified
  • Cameron (Honorable Lieut-General, C.B.), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table
  • William Fox (Honorable, Esquire), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table
  • Henry Sewell (Honorable, Esquire), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table
  • Reader Gilson Wood (Honorable, Esquire), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table
  • Crosbie Ward (Honorable, Esquire), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table
  • Thomas Henderson (Honorable, Esquire), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table
  • Daniel Pollen (Honorable, Esquire), Took Oaths and Seats at the Council Table

  • James Holt, Clerk of Executive Council