Parliamentary Proclamation




Numb. 55.

505

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1870.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the Thirteenth day of September instant, I thought fit to
prorogue the General Assembly of New Zealand to the Eleventh day of
October 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 tenth
day of November 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 September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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🏛️ Proclamation Proroguing and Summoning the General Assembly to Wellington

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 September 1870
Proclamation, General Assembly, Legislative Councillors, House of Representatives, Wellington, Prorogation
  • 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
  • W. Gisborne