✨ Appointment of Deputy-Governor
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1888.
Appointment of Deputy-Governor.
(L.S.) TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM FRANCIS DRUM-
MOND JERVOIS, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's Army, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same—SEND
GREETING :
WHEREAS by a Commission passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet,
bearing date the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two, Her Majesty the Queen was pleased to appoint me to be
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the said Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, with all and singular the powers granted to the Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the said colony in Letters Patent under the Great Seal of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the twenty-first day
of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, as in the said Commis-
sion is particularly set forth :
And whereas in the said Letters Patent of the twenty-first day of February, onethousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, it is, among other things, provided that
in the event of the Governor having occasion to be temporarily absent for a short
period from the seat of Government or from the colony, he may in every such case,
by an instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony, constitute and appoint the
Lieutenant-Governor, or if there be no such officer then any other person, to be his
Deputy during such temporary absence, and in that capacity to exercise, perform,
and execute for and on behalf of the Governor during such absence, but no longer,
all such powers and authorities vested in the Governor by the said Letters Patent
as shall in and by such instrument be specified and limited, but no others: Pro-
vided, nevertheless, that by the appointment of a Deputy as aforesaid, the power
and authority of the Governor shall not be abridged, altered, or in any way affected
otherwise than Her Majesty may at any time thereafter think proper to direct :
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🏛️ Appointment of Deputy-Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 January 1888
Deputy-Governor, Appointment, Royal Commission, Temporary Absence
- William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, Vice-Admiral