New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 19

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✨ Proclamation of Government Assumption

Numb. 19. 427

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1892.

Assumption of the Government of New Zealand by Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice.

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-fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, to appoint the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, departed from the said colony on the twenty-fifth day of February instant :

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1892, No 19

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Assumption of Government by Sir James Prendergast

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated25 February 1892
KeywordsProclamation, Government Assumption, Chief Justice, Earl of Onslow
👩‍💼 Officials

James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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