✨ Governor's Prorogation Proclamation
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1877.
Proroguing the General Assembly.
NORMANBY, Governor.
(L.S.)
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 thirteenth day of the month of April next to have been
commenced and held, and to every of you—GREETING:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS on the fifth day of January last I thought fit to prorogue the
General Assembly of New Zealand to the thirteenth day of April 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 further proroguing the said General Assembly
to Friday, the fifteenth day of June next, and convoking and by these presents
enjoining you, and each of you, that on the said fifteenth day of June 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 Com-
mander 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
H. A. ATKINSON.
Printed under authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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🏛️ Proclamation Proroguing the General Assembly to June 15, 1877
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 March 1877
Proclamation, General Assembly, Prorogation, Governor, Wellington
- George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
- H. A. Atkinson