✨ Prorogation Proclamation
Numb. 69. 1469
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1897.
Further proroguing the General Assembly.
RANFURLY, Governor.
To the Legislative Councillors of the Colony of New Zealand and
the Members elected to serve in the House of Representatives
of the said Colony, summoned and called to a Meeting of the
General Assembly of the said Colony, at the City of Wellington,
on the twelfth day of the month of August, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven, to have been commenced and held, and
to every of you—Greeting :
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS on the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven, the General Assembly of New Zealand was prorogued to the
twelfth day of the month of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven,
at which time you were held constrained to appear: Now know ye that for divers
causes and considerations I have thought fit to relieve you and each of you of your
attendance at the time aforesaid, hereby convoking and by these presents enjoining
you and each of you that on Friday, the third day of September next, you
meet in Parliament, at the City of Wellington, there to take into consideration
the state and welfare of the said Colony of New Zealand, and therein to do as
may seem necessary.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable
Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the
Most Distinguished 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 eleventh day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
(L.S.)
JOHN McKENZIE.
God save the Queen!
By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1897, No 69
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🏛️ Proclamation Further Proroguing the General Assembly
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration11 August 1897
Prorogation, General Assembly, Parliament, Legislation
- Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
- John McKenzie