Parliamentary Proclamation




Numb. 17. 166

DIEU ET
HONI SOIT QUI-M AL Y PENSE
MON DROIT

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1869.

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 Fourteenth day of the month of April next, to have been
commenced and held, and to every of you—GREETING:

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the Twenty-sixth day of February last I thought fit to prorogue
the General Assembly of New Zealand to the Fourteenth day of April
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 SIXTH
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-
seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

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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🏛️ Proclamation for convening the General Assembly of New Zealand

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 March 1869
Proclamation, General Assembly, Parliament, Wellington, Legislative Councillors, House of Representatives
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • E. W. Stafford