New Zealand Gazette – 1863 – No. 28

Page 267

✨ Governor's Proclamations

Numb. 28.
267

The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
SATURDAY, 11TH JULY, 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 Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Comman-
der-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zea-
land, and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.,
&c., &c.

W HEREAS 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 which shall be reserved for the sig-
nification 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 alter the Civil List," 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 there-
on:

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 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 to the same.

Given under my hand at Auckland,
and issued under the seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
third day of July, in the year
of our Lord, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

A PROCLAMATION

Extending the Jurisdiction of the Resident
Magistrate's Court at Wairarapa.

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.

W HEREAS by the "Resident Magistrates
Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," it
is enacted that every case of a claim for deb
or damages such as might at the passing of
the said Act be lawfully tried in a Residen
Magistrate's Court where the debt or damage
s

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1863, No 28

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 the Civil List Bill.

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated3 July 1863
KeywordsProclamation, Royal Assent, General Assembly, Civil List, Legislation
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
Alfred Domett

⚖️ Proclamation extending the jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wairarapa.

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
KeywordsResident Magistrate's Court, Jurisdiction Extension, Wairarapa, 1862 Act
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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