Governor's Proclamation




Numb. 11.
87

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, GOVERNOR.

To the LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS of the Colony of New Zealand, and
the MEMBERS elected to serve in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
of the said Colony, summoned and called to a meeting of the
General Assembly of the said Colony, at the City of Wellington,
on the Seventeenth day of the month of March next, to have been
commenced and held, and to every of you—GREETING :

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Meeting of the General Assembly stands prorogued to the
Seventeenth day of March next, at which time you were held and constrained to
appear: Now KNOW YE, that for divers causes and considerations I have thought fit
to relieve you and each of you of your attendance at the time aforesaid, hereby
convoking and by these presents enjoining you, and each of you, that on THURSDAY,
the TWENTY-EIGHTH day of MAY next, you meet in Parliament, at the City of
Wellington, there to take into consideration the state and welfare of the said Colony
of New Zealand, and therein to do as may seem necessary.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir GEORGE FERGUSON
BOWEN, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, at the Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this Twenty-
fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

E. W. STAFFORD.

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



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation changing the date of the General Assembly meeting to May 28, 1868

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
24 February 1868
Governor, General Assembly, Prorogation, Summoning, Parliament, Wellington
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • E. W. Stafford