✨ Governor's Proclamation
Numb. 69.
579
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 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 Twenty-ninth day of the month of December instant, to
have been commenced and held, and to every of you—GREETING:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS on the Twentieth day of October last I thought fit to prorogue
the General Assembly of New Zealand to the Twenty-ninth day of December
instant, 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 FRIDAY, the TWENTY-
SIXTH day of FEBRUARY 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 second day
of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1868, No 69
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🏛️ Proclamation Summoning General Assembly to Meet in February 1869
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration2 December 1868
Proclamation, General Assembly, Prorogation, Wellington, Legislative Council, House of Representatives
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- 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
- E. W. Stafford