✨ Governor's Proclamation
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1876.
Meeting of the General Assembly.
(L.S.)
NORMANBY, 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 second day of the month of February next to have been
commenced and held, and to every of you—GREETING:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS on the sixth day of December last, I thought fit to prorogue
the General Assembly of New Zealand to the second day of February next,
at which time you were held 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 Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April 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 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 Council; 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 first day of February,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
CHARLES C. BOWEN.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1876, No 6
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🏛️ Proclamation postponing the meeting of the General Assembly to April 25, 1876
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 February 1876
Proclamation, General Assembly, Parliament, Wellington, Postponement, Governor
- Normanby, Governor (George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby)
- Charles C. Bowen