✨ Deputy Governor Appointment
18 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 2
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 Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, as such Governor as aforesaid, do, by these presents issued under the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, constitute and appoint the Honourable Sir James Prendergast, Knight, to be my Deputy during the period of my temporary absence 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.
And I hereby declare that the power and authority hereby conferred shall commence and take effect upon and after Saturday, the twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred.
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 twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.
(L.S.)
RANFURLY.
[Note.—The above is in substitution of warrant dated the 21st December, 1900, and published in Gazette of that date.]
By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1901, No 2
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Appointment of Deputy Governor during Temporary Absence
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration24 December 1900
Governor, Deputy Governor, Temporary Absence, Royal Commission, Public Seal
- James Prendergast (Sir, Knight), Appointed Deputy Governor
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
- John Mackay, Government Printer