✨ Militia Act Proclamations
Numb. 11.
99
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1869.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1865," it is
provided that the said Act shall come into
operation in such districts as the Governor may from
time to time, on and after the first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, specify
and appoint by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette:
Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance
of the power and authority vested in me in this
behalf, do hereby proclaim, specify, and appoint all
that part of the Colony situated in the Province of
Taranaki, whereof the boundaries are as follows:-On
the South by the River Hangatahua from its mouth
to its source, thence a straight line to the summit of
Mount Egmont, thence by a straight line running
due East to the eastern boundary of the said Pro-
vince; on the East by the eastern boundary of the
said Province; on the North by the northern
boundary of the said Province; on the West by the
sea-to be a District within which "The Militia Act,
1865," shall henceforth be in operation.
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 Public Seal of the said Colony, this
twenty-sixth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine.
J. C. RICHMOND.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1865," it is..
time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette,
call out the whole or any part of the Militia in any
district for actual service:
Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pur-
suance of the power and authority vested in me in
this behalf, do hereby call out for actual service the
whole of the Militia of the District whereof the
boundaries are as follows:- On the South by the
River Hangatahua from its mouth to its source,
thence a straight line to the summit of Mount
Egmont, thence by a straight line running due East
to the eastern boundary of the said Province; on
the East by the eastern boundary of the said Province;
on the North by the northern boundary of the said
Province; on the West by the sea-which by an
Order in Council, dated the twenty-sixth day of
February, was constituted under the said Act a
Militia District.
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 Public Seal of the said Colony, this
twenty-sixth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and-sixty-nine.
J. C. RICHMOND.
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NZ Gazette 1869, No 11
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