New Zealand Gazette – 1872 – No. 19

Page 247

✨ Governor's Proclamation

Numb. 20. 247

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1872.

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to restore to health His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales from dangerous sickness, and it is fitting that Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects
in the Colony of New Zealand should manifest their sympathy with Her Majesty and the Royal
Family, and should unite with the rest of Her Majesty's subjects in testifying their thankfulness to
the Almighty for His merciful interposition in sparing the life of His Royal Highness:

Now therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise of all and every the powers vested
in me in this behalf, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint THURSDAY, the NINTH day of MAY next,
as a General Holiday and Day for a Public Thanksgiving; and do hereby invite the Clergy and
Ministers of Religion of all Denominations, and all other Her Majesty's subjects in New Zealand, to
observe Thursday aforesaid as a Day of Special Thanksgiving to Almighty God accordingly.

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; and issued under the
Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1872, No 19

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🏛️ Proclamation appointing a General Holiday and Day for Public Thanksgiving for the Prince of Wales' recovery

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated25 April 1872
KeywordsProclamation, Public Holiday, Thanksgiving, Prince of Wales, General Holiday
👩‍💼 Officials

G. F. Bowen, Governor
W. Gisborne

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