✨ Census Date Proclamation
Numb. 29. 313
The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1864.
A PROCLAMATION,
Altering the time for taking the Census in 1864.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honourable 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 by "The Census Act, 1858,"
it is provided that the account of the
number and condition of the Population of
New Zealand, and of the Live Stock, and of
the Cultivations therein, respectively, which
the said Act directs to be taken in every third
year succeeding the year One thousand
Eight hundred and Fifty-eight, shall be taken
in the month of December, and that the forms
of Returns for obtaining the required infor-
mation shall be delivered by the several Sub-
Enumerators at the Dwelling-houses in their
respective Sub-Districts between the First
and Twenty-fourth days of December (both
inclusive) in the years appointed, and that
the said forms shall be demanded and received
by such Sub-Enumerators on the Twenty-
sixth day of December, or as soon after as
practicable:
And whereas it is further provided by the
"Census Act Amendment Act, 1860," that
it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
to appoint any other month, or any other day
or days for the purposes above cited in the
year One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-
four, or in any or every third year after, in-
stead of the month or the day or days ap-
pointed by "The Census Act, 1858," and the
time or times so appointed by the Governor
in Council shall be declared by Proclamation
in the New Zealand Gazette, and also that all
the provisions of "The Census Act, 1858,"
relating to taking an account of the Popula-
tion of New Zealand, and of the Live Stock
and of the Cultivations therein, shall, except
as therein provided, be deemed and taken to
apply to such time or times as fully as if such
month, or day or days, had been specified in
the said Act:
Now therefore, I, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council
of New Zealand, proclaim and declare that
the forms of Returns above referred to shall
be delivered by the several Sub-Enumerators
at the Dwelling Houses in their respective
Sub-Districts, between the Fourteenth day of
November and the First day of December
(both days included) in the year One thou-
sand Eight hundred and Sixty-four, and that
the said forms shall be demanded and received
by such Sub-Enumerators on the Second day
of December, in the same year, or as soon
thereafter as practicable.
Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
Twenty-first day of July, in
the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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NZ Gazette 1864, No 29
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🏛️ Proclamation Altering Time for 1864 Census
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration21 July 1864
Census, Proclamation, 1864, Population count, Live Stock, Cultivations, Auckland
- Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable 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