New Zealand Gazette – 1864 – No. 2

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✨ Governor's Proclamations



Numb. 2.

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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.

MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1864.

A PROCLAMATION.

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By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, to issue and circulate within the said Colony,
Knight, Commander of the most the Promissory Notes of the said Company,
honorable Order of the Bath, Governor payable to bearer on demand.
and Commander-in- Chief in and over Her Majesty's Now therefore, I Sir GEORGE GREY, the
Colony of New Zealand and its Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance of the
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral authority vested in me in that behalf by the
of the same, &c., &c. said recited Act, do hereby, with the advice
WHEREAS it is enacted by the "Bank of the Executive Council, proclaim and de-
Paper Currency Act, 1856," that it clare that the "Bank of Australasia" may
shall be lawful for the Governor, with the lawfully issue and circulate within the said
advice of the Executive Council, by Pro- Colony the Promissory Notes of the said
clamation in the New Zealand Government Bank, payable to bearer on demand, subject
Gazette, from time to time to proclaim and to the provisions and restrictions in the said
declare that any Banking Company or Co- Letters Patent contained.
partnership, Incorporated by Her Majesty's
Letters Patent, which, by virtue of such Given under my hand at the Govern-
Letters Patent, is empowered to carry on the ment House at Auckland, and
business of a Banker in New Zealand, and to issued under the public seal of the
issue and circulate within the said Colony Colony of New Zealand, this
the Promissory Notes of the Company, pay- twelfth day of January, in the
able to bearer on demand, may lawfully year of our Lord one thousand
issue and circulate such Notes within the eight hundred and sixty-four.
said Colony, any Law or Ordinance to the
contrary notwithstanding, but subject to the G. GREY.
provisions and restrictions in such Letters
Patent contained. By his Excellency's command,
And Whereas, by Letters Patent passed WILLIAM Fox.
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom,
on the Twenty-first day of May, in the Fifth GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
William IV, and by certain other Letters A PROCLAMATION
Patent passed under the Great Seal as afore-
said, on the Sixteenth day of March, in the Fixing the time for bringing into operation an
Fourth year of the Reign of Her present Act to determine the time at which Letters
Majesty, a certain Banking Company called Patent shall take effect in the Colonies.
the Bank of Australasia was established and
incorporated, and empowered to carry on the By His Excellency Sir George Grey,
business of Bankers (amongst other places) Knight, Commander of the most
in New Zealand, and has applied for authority 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.
WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial
Parliament made and passed in the


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💰 Proclamation authorizing Bank of Australasia to issue promissory notes.

💰 Finance & Revenue
12 January 1864
Proclamation, Banking Company, Bank of Australasia, Promissory Notes, Currency Act 1856
  • 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
  • William Fox

🏛️ Proclamation fixing time for Imperial Act regarding Letters Patent effectiveness.

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Proclamation, Imperial Parliament Act, Letters Patent, Effective Date
  • 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