✨ Appointment of Deputy-Governor
1522
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79
the Colony of New Zealand, I have deemed it expedient to appoint a Deputy during
such temporary absence, with such powers and authorities on my behalf as are
hereinafter mentioned:
Now, therefore, know ye that, for the purposes aforesaid, and in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited
Letters Patent, and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf,
I, the said DAVID, Earl of Glasgow, as such Governor as aforesaid, do, by these
presents issued under the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, constitute and
appoint Sir JAMES PRENDERGAST, Knight, Chief Justice of the said colony, to be
my Deputy during the period of my temporary absence from the Colony of New
Zealand as aforesaid, and in that capacity for me and on my behalf to exercise,
perform, and execute all the powers and authorities vested in me as such Governor
by the said Letters Patent, except that my said Deputy shall not, by virtue hereof,
do any act to signify the pleasure of the Governor under "The Criminals Execution
Act, 1883," with respect to any sentence of death pronounced by any Court or Judge.
And I expressly direct that my said Deputy shall, in the exercise of all or any of
the said powers and authorities, conform to and abide by the requirements of any
law, statute, or regulation in force in the colony respecting the same, and also to the
hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions accompanying
the same so far as they are applicable.
In witness whereof I have caused these presents to be passed under the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, and have hereunto set my
hand this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
GLASGOW.
By Authority: SAMUEL COSTALL, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1893, No 79
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Appointment of Deputy-Governor
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration20 October 1893
Deputy-Governor, Appointment, Temporary Absence, Chief Justice, Powers, Authority
- David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand
- James Prendergast (Sir, Knight, Chief Justice), Appointed Deputy-Governor
- Samuel Costall, Government Printer