New Zealand Gazette – 1867 – No. 63

Page 454

✨ Royal Visit Appointments

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now know ye that I, Sir George Grey, reposing special trust and confidence in
your knowledge and ability, have thought fit to constitute and appoint, and by these
presents do constitute and appoint you—

EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD,
THEODORE MINET HAULTAIN,
JOHN HALL,
JAMES CROWE RICHMOND,
JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON,
JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
THOMAS HOUGHTON BARTLEY,
JOHN JOHNSTON,
PONSONBY PEACOCKE,
Sir DAVID MONRO,
ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON,
ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON,
JOHN WILLIAMSON,
HUGH CARLETON,
ALFRED LUDLAM,
JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD,

to be Reception Commissioners to devise and carry into effect all necessary arrange-
ments for a fitting reception of His Royal Highness THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH,
and for paying suitable marks of respect to His Royal Highness during his visit to
the said Colony.

And I do by these presents give and grant to you, or any three of you, full
power and authority to carry into effect the purposes of this Commission by all
lawful ways and means whatever. And I do call on all Public Officers to aid and
assist you in the execution thereof: And I do by these presents ordain that
this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you the said
Commissioners, or any three of you, shall, and may from time to time, and at any
place or places, proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing
therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by
adjournment.

Given under the hand of His Excellency 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, at the Government House,
at Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this
twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.

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VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1867, No 63

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Appointment of Reception Commissioners for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated27 November 1867
KeywordsReception Commissioners, Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Visit, Appointments, Proclamation
👱🏽 Names

16 names identified

EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD, Appointed Reception Commissioner
THEODORE MINET HAULTAIN, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JOHN HALL, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JAMES CROWE RICHMOND, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Appointed Reception Commissioner
THOMAS HOUGHTON BARTLEY, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JOHN JOHNSTON, Appointed Reception Commissioner
PONSONBY PEACOCKE, Appointed Reception Commissioner
DAVID MONRO (Sir), Appointed Reception Commissioner
ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Appointed Reception Commissioner
ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Appointed Reception Commissioner
HUGH CARLETON, Appointed Reception Commissioner
ALFRED LUDLAM, Appointed Reception Commissioner
JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Appointed Reception Commissioner

👩‍💼 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
E. W. Stafford

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