✨ Government Succession Proclamation
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1880.
Assumption of the Government of New Zealand by James Prendergast, Esquire, Chief Justice.
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS Her Majesty Queen Victoria was graciously pleased, by Letters Patent
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, and bearing date at
Westminster, the twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine, to constitute the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and
over the Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies: And whereas Her said Majesty
was also pleased, by a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing
date at Windsor, the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine, to appoint Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over the said colony and its dependencies during
Her said Majesty's will and pleasure: And whereas Her Majesty was further pleased,
by a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date at Windsor,
the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
amongst other things, to appoint the Chief Justice of the said colony for the time
being to administer the Government thereof in case of the death, incapacity, or
removal, or of the departure from the said colony of the Governor appointed under the
said hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent, with all and singular the powers and
authorities granted by the said Letters Patent: And whereas the said Sir Hercules
George Robert Robinson departed from the said colony on the eighth day of Sep-
tember instant:
Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Chief Justice of the Colony of New
Zealand for the time being, do hereby proclaim and declare that I have this day taken
the oaths prescribed by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent before His
Honor Alexander James Johnston, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of the said colony, and that I have assumed the administration of the
Government of the said colony under and by virtue of Her Majesty's said
Commission.
Given under the hand of His Excellency James Prendergast, Esquire,
Administrator of the Government in and over Her Majesty's Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House at
Wellington; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this
ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! JOHN HALL.
Printed under authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1880, No 87
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🏛️ Proclamation of Assumption of Government by Chief Justice
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 September 1880
Proclamation, Governor, Chief Justice, Administration, Succession, Oaths
- Hercules George Robert Robinson (Sir, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George), Governor whose departure triggered assumption
- James Prendergast, Esquire, Administrator of the Government
- Alexander James Johnston, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
- John Hall