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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1868.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of
Parliament held in the fifteenth and sixteenth
years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to
grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of
New Zealand," it is amongst other things enacted
that no Bill which shall be reserved for the signifi-
cation 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 message to the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the said
Colony, or by proclamation, that such Bill has been
laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her
Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.
And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legis-
lative Council and House of Representatives of the
said Colony, intituled "An Act to constitute in New
Zealand a Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes,"
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
thereon:
Now therefore I, the Governor of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the provisions of the said in part
recited Act, do by this proclamation signify and
proclaim to all to whom it may concern, that the said
Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in Council,
and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to
the same.
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 thirtieth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:
WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by warrant under his hand, from time
to time to appoint polling places for each electoral
district within or without the limits thereof, and to
appoint any one of such places to be the principal
polling place for the district, and all or any of such
polling places at any time to abolish, and to appoint
other polling places in lieu thereof:
Now therefore, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance of the power and authority in him vested
by the said Act, doth hereby appoint the following
places to be polling places for the electoral district
hereinafter specified, for the election of Members of
the House of Representatives, namely:-
For the District of Manuherikia:
The Court House, Mount Benger.
The Police Station, Black's, No. 1.
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
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NZ Gazette 1868, No 36
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🏛️ Proclamation of Assent to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration30 June 1868
Proclamation, Royal Assent, Divorce Court, Matrimonial Causes Act, Legislation
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- E. W. Stafford
🏘️ Appointment of Polling Places for Manuherikia Electoral District
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government1 July 1868
Polling places, Elections, House of Representatives, Manuherikia District, Mount Benger, Black's
- G. F. Bowen, Governor