✨ Assumption of Government Proclamation
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1881.
Assumption of the Government of New Zealand by Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice.
JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government.
(L.S.) 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
Majesty was also pleased, by a Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet,
bearing date at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the seventh day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty, to appoint the Honorable Sir Arthur Hamilton
Gordon, 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 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 Arthur Hamilton Gordon departed from the said colony on the
thirteenth day of September 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, Christopher William Richmond, 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 Sir James Prendergast, Knight,
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
thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !
JOHN HALL.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1881, No 72
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🏛️ Proclamation regarding assumption of Government by Chief Justice
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 September 1881
Proclamation, Governor, Chief Justice, Administration, Succession, Oaths
- Arthur Hamilton Gordon (Sir), Governor who departed colony
- Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, Administrator of the Government
- Christopher William Richmond, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
- John Hall