New Zealand Gazette – 1875 – No. 3

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✨ Governor Appointment

Jan. 3. 49

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1875.

Assumption of the Government of New Zealand
by the Marquis of Normanby.

(l.s.) NORMANBY, Governor.

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 sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, to constitute and appoint me the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Council, and Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies:

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 Alexander James Johnston, Senior Puisne Judge 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 and its Dependencies, under and by virtue of Her Majesty’s said Commission.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Coun-

cil; Knight Commander 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 ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Commission appointing the Marquis of Normanby
Governor of New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1875.

THE following Commission is published by command of His Excellency.

DANIEL POLLEN.

COMMISSION passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, appointing the Most Honorable the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

(l.s.)

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Councillor GEORGE AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE, Marquis of Normanby, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Greeting:

I. WHEREAS We did, by certain Letters-Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the eighteenth day of February, one thou-

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1875, No 3

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

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🏛️ Proclamation of Governor Appointment

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated9 January 1875
KeywordsProclamation, Governor, Marquis of Normanby, Oaths, Wellington
👩‍💼 Officials

George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral
Alexander James Johnston, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court
Daniel Pollen, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Commission of Governor Appointment

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated8 January 1875
KeywordsCommission, Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G., Governor, Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom, Great Seal
👩‍💼 Officials

Daniel Pollen, Colonial Secretary
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith

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