Parliamentary Proclamation




Numb. 68.

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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1871.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the Sixteenth day of November last, I thought fit to prorogue
the General Assembly of New Zealand to the Eighteenth day of January
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 Monday, the eighteenth
day of March 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-first day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

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 summoning General Assembly to Wellington

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 December 1871
Proclamation, General Assembly, Parliament, Wellington, Summoning
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne