New Zealand Gazette – 1862 – No. 21

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✨ Governor's Proclamations

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The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1862.

A PROCLAMATION

Intimating Her Majesty's assent to a
certain Bill passed by the General
Assembly.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, Knight, Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice Admiral of the same,
&c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the
Session of Parliament held in the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth years of Her Majes-
ty's reign, intituled "An Act to grant a
Representative Constitution to the Colony of
New Zealand," it is amongst other things
enacted that no Bill which shall be reserved
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 a certain Bill passed by the
Legislative Council and House of Representa-
tives of the said Colony, intituled "An Act to
regulate the descent of Lands held by persons
of the Native Race under Title derived from
the Crown," was presented to the Governor of
the said Colony for Her Majesty's Assent,
and the said Bill was reserved for the signifi-
cation 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 to whom it
may concern that the said Bill has been laid
before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her
Majesty has been pleased to assent to the
same.

Given under my hand at Wellington,
and issued under the Seal of
the Colony of New Zealand,
this Sixteenth day of May, in
the year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION

Dissolving the Provincial Council of the
Province of Marlborough.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGH
GREY, Knight, Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1862, No 21

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.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Proclamation confirming Royal Assent to Native Land Descent Bill

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated16 May 1862
KeywordsRoyal Assent, Legislation, Native Land Descent, General Assembly, Proclamation
👩‍💼 Officials

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
G. Grey
William Fox

🏘️ Proclamation dissolving the Provincial Council of Marlborough

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsProvincial Council Dissolution, Marlborough Province
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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