New Zealand Gazette – 1873 – No. 39

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✨ Governor Appointments and Notices

Numb. 39.

DIEU

SOIT QUI MALY
ET MON DROIT
PENSE

379

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1873.

Assumption of the Government of New Zealand by
Sir James Fergusson, Baronet.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
(L.S.) A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased by Letters-Patent under the Great Seal
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
bearing date at Westminster, the eighteenth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three, to constitute and appoint me, the Right Hon-
orable Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, to be
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the
Colony of New Zealand: Now, I, the Governor and
Commander-in-Chief aforesaid, do hereby proclaim
and declare that I have this day taken the prescribed
oaths before His Honor Sir George Alfred Arney,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the said
Colony, and that I have assumed the said office of
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the
Colony of New Zealand, under and by virtue of Her
Majesty's said Commission.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 four-
teenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.
JULIUS VOGEL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 14th June, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable JULIUS VOGEL, C.M.G.,

The Honorable DONALD MCLEAN, C.M.G.,
The Honorable EDWARD RICHARDSON,
The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN,
The Honorable WILLIAM HUNTER REYNOLDS,
The Honorable JOHN BATHGATE,
The Honorable GEORGE MAURICE O'RORKE,
The Honorable WIREMU KATENE,
The Honorable WIREMU PARATA,
to be Members of the Executive Council of New
Zealand.

By His Excellency's command.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Private Secretary appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Rev. FRANCIS A. HARE
to be His Excellency's Private Secretary.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Levee at Government House.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Governor will hold a Levee
at Government House on Monday, the sixteenth
instant, at twelve noon. Gentlemen attending the
Levee will wear official dress, uniform, or evening
costume, and are requested to provide themselves
with two cards with their names legibly written
thereon, one card to be left on the table at the
entrance door, and the other to be given to the
Private Secretary.
R. S. MACHELL, Captain,
Acting Aide-de-Camp.

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

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1873, No 39

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation of assumption of office by Governor Sir James Fergusson

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated14 June 1873
KeywordsGovernor, Proclamation, Assumption of office, Chief Justice, Letters-Patent
👩‍💼 Officials

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor
Sir George Alfred Arney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
JULIUS VOGEL

🏛️ Appointments to the Executive Council of New Zealand

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated14 June 1873
KeywordsExecutive Council, Appointments, Ministers
👱🏽 Names

9 names identified

JULIUS VOGEL (C.M.G.), Appointed Member of Executive Council
DONALD MCLEAN (C.M.G.), Appointed Member of Executive Council
EDWARD RICHARDSON, Appointed Member of Executive Council
DANIEL POLLEN, Appointed Member of Executive Council
WILLIAM HUNTER REYNOLDS, Appointed Member of Executive Council
JOHN BATHGATE, Appointed Member of Executive Council
GEORGE MAURICE O'RORKE, Appointed Member of Executive Council
WIREMU KATENE, Appointed Member of Executive Council
WIREMU PARATA, Appointed Member of Executive Council

👩‍💼 Officials

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏛️ Appointment of Private Secretary to the Governor

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated14 June 1873
KeywordsPrivate Secretary, Appointment, Governor's staff
👱🏽 Names

FRANCIS A. HARE (Reverend), Appointed His Excellency's Private Secretary

👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS

🏛️ Notice regarding Governor's Levee arrangements

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated14 June 1873
KeywordsLevee, Government House, Dress code, Protocol
👩‍💼 Officials

R. S. MACHELL, Captain, Acting Aide-de-Camp

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