General Assembly Proclamation




Numb. 6.
63

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1879.

Meeting of the General Assembly.

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 fourteenth day of the month of January to have been com-
menced and held, and to every of you—GREETING:

(L.S.)

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the second day of November last, I thought fit to prorogue the
General Assembly of New Zealand to the fourteenth day of January instant,
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 Friday, the fourteenth day of March 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 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. GREY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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



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🏛️ Proclamation changing date for General Assembly meeting

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
11 January 1879
Proclamation, General Assembly, Convocation, Wellington, Legislative Council, House of Representatives
  • Normanby, Governor
  • G. Grey