Proroguing the General Assembly




Numb. 81. 1745

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1895.

Proroguing the General Assembly.

GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by an Act passed in the Parliament holden in the fifteenth and
sixteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled
"An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand,"
it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may, at his pleasure,
prorogue the General Assembly of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and
authority, and of every other power and authority in this behalf enabling me,
do hereby proclaim and declare that I do this day prorogue the General Assembly
of New Zealand until Thursday, the ninth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six; and the said General Assembly is hereby
prorogued accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable
David, Earl of Glasgow, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington,
this second day of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

(L.S.)
R. J. SEDDON.

God save the Queen!

By Authority: SAMUEL COSTALL, Government Printer, Wellington.



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🏛️ Prorogation of the General Assembly

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
2 November 1895
Prorogation, General Assembly, David Earl of Glasgow
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • R. J. Seddon
  • Samuel Costall, Government Printer