✨ Deputy Governor Appointment
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 PRENDEBGAST, 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 nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
GLASGOW.
By Authority: SAMUEL COSTALL, Government Printer, Wellington.—1894.
NZ Gazette 1894, No 22
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🏛️ Appointment of Deputy Governor
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration19 March 1894
Governor, Deputy Governor, Temporary Absence, Chief Justice, Letters Patent, Powers, Royal Instructions
- James Prendegast (Sir, Knight, Chief Justice), Appointed Deputy Governor
- David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
- Samuel Costall, Government Printer