✨ Proclamations declaring Asylums




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 597

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 ninth
day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
do hereby proclaim

The two Buildings situate on the Waimea Road,
on Sections numbered one thousand and six-
teen (1016) and one thousand and eighteen
(1018) on the plan of the City of Nelson, and
known as two of the "Taranaki Buildings,"
being houses or buildings provided and deemed
suitable for the reception of lunatics, and wholly
or in part supported at the cost of the Province of
Nelson, to be a Public Asylum within the meaning
of "The Lunatics Act, 1868," aforesaid.

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 ninth
day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Lunatics Act, 1868," it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may
from time to time, by Proclamation published in the
New Zealand Gazette, proclaim any house or building
provided or deemed suitable for the reception of
lunatics, and wholly or in part supported out of any
money appropriated for the purpose by the General
Assembly, or wholly or in part supported by or at
the cost of any Province or County or other division
of the Colony, a Public Asylum within the meaning
of the said Act:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
do hereby proclaim

The West Wing of the Napier Gaol,
being a house or building provided and deemed suitable
for the reception of lunatics, and wholly or in part
supported at the cost of the Province of Hawke's
Bay, to be a Public Asylum within the meaning of
"The Lunatics Act, 1868," aforesaid.

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 ninth
day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Lunatics Act, 1868," it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may
from time to time, by Proclamation published in the
New Zealand Gazette, proclaim any house or building
provided or deemed suitable for the reception of
lunatics, and wholly or in part supported out of any
money appropriated for the purpose by the General
Assembly, or wholly or in part supported by or at
the cost of any Province or County or other division
of the Colony, a Public Asylum within the meaning
of the said Act:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, do hereby proclaim

The Lunatic Asylum, situated in the Hospital
Reserve, Hokitika,
being a house or building provided and deemed
suitable for the reception of lunatics, and wholly or
in part supported at the cost of the County of
Westland, to be a Public Asylum within the meaning
of "The Lunatics Act, 1868," aforesaid.

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 ninth day of
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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πŸ₯ Proclamation declaring New Plymouth Hospital/Block House a Public Asylum (continued from previous page)

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
9 December 1868
Proclamation, Lunatics Act 1868, Public Asylum, New Plymouth, Taranaki Province
  • 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
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ₯ Proclamation declaring Nelson Buildings on Waimea Road as Public Asylum

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
9 December 1868
Proclamation, Lunatics Act 1868, Public Asylum, Nelson, Waimea Road, Section 1016, Section 1018
  • 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
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ₯ Proclamation declaring West Wing of Napier Gaol a Public Asylum

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
9 December 1868
Proclamation, Lunatics Act 1868, Public Asylum, Napier Gaol, Hawke's Bay Province
  • 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
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ₯ Proclamation declaring Hokitika Lunatic Asylum a Public Asylum

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
9 December 1868
Proclamation, Lunatics Act 1868, Public Asylum, Hokitika, Westland County
  • 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
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council