✨ Accession Proclamation
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1901.
Accession of His Majesty.
RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of January, 1901.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
HIS Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby approve of the Proclamation set out in the Schedule hereto with respect to the accession of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh, and doth direct that the following formalities be observed in connection therewith:—
(1.) That the Proclamation be publicly read in the front of the Parliamentary Buildings at ten minutes to twelve in the forenoon on Monday, the twenty-eighth instant.
(2.) That in the case of public buildings all flags be mastheaded from ten minutes to twelve until sunset on Monday next, and thereafter be at half-mast until after the funeral of Her late Majesty.
(3.) That, in the case of other than public buildings, and of ships, the observance of the last preceding clause be requested on the part of the public.
(4.) That the public be requested to observe a holiday between the hours of eleven a.m. and one p.m. on the Monday.
SCHEDULE.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and all other Her late Majesty’s dominions is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Edward: Now, therefore, We, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, Richard John Seddon, a Member of Her late Majesty’s Privy Council, Joseph George Ward, Acting Premier of the said colony, and the Members of the Executive Council of the said colony, assisted by Members of both Houses of the General Assembly, Judges, Magistrates, and Officers of Courts, Ministers of Religion, Mayors, Chairmen and Members of Local Bodies, and numerous other representative European and Maori citizens here present, do hereby, with one full voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Prince ALBERT EDWARD is now by the death of our late Sovereign of Happy and Glorious Memory become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Edward the Seventh, by the grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, Supreme Lord in and over the Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince Edward the Seventh with long and happy years to reign over us.
Given at Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.
J. G. WARD,
GOD SAVE THE KING!
J. H. McALISTER,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.
By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1901, No 13
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🏛️ Order in Council for the Accession of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 January 1901
Accession, King Edward VII, Order in Council, Proclamation, Governor in Council
- Albert Edward Edward (King), Accession to the throne
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
- Richard John Seddon, Member of the Privy Council
- Joseph George Ward, Acting Premier
- J. H. McAlister, Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council