New Zealand Gazette – 1863 – No. 24

Page 237

✨ Governor's Proclamations

Numb. 24.
237

The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1863.

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 Honourable 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., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the
Session of Parliament held in the fif-
teenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty's
reign, intituled "An Act to grant a Repre-
sentative Constitution to the Colony of New
Zealand," it is amongst other things enacted
that no Bill shall be reserved for the significa-
tion 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 mes-
sage to the Legislative Council and House of
Representatives of the said Colony, or by Pro-
clamation, that such Bill has been laid before
Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Ma-
jesty 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 provide for the ascertainment of the Owner-
ship of Native Lands, and for granting Certifi-
cates of Title thereto, and for regulating the
disposal of Native Lands, and for other pur-
poses," was presented to the Governor of the
said Colony for Her Majesty's Assent, and the
said Bill was reserved for the signification of
Her Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now therefore I, the Governor of New Zea-
land, in pursuance of the provisions of the said
in part recited Act, do, by this Proclamation,
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 Ma-
jesty has been pleased to assent the same.

Given under my hand at the Go-
vernment House, at Auckland,
and issued under the Seal of
the Colony of New Zealand,
this sixth day of June, in the
year of Our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-
three.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command.
ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION
Constituting the Auckland Land Registry
District.

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., &c.

IN virtue of the powers conferred on me by
the "Land Registry Act, 1860," I do
hereby constitute within the Province of
Auckland, a Registrar's District under the
said Act, to be called "The District of Auck-
land," such district to comprise the Electoral

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1863, No 24

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 Intimating Her Majesty's Assent to Native Land Bill

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 June 1863
KeywordsProclamation, Royal Assent, Native Land Act, Legislation, General Assembly
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
Alfred Domett

🗺️ Constitution of the Auckland Land Registry District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand Registry, Auckland, Registrar's District, Constitution, Land Registry Act 1860
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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