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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

SPECIAL ORDER made by Turanga Road Board, County of Manukau.

THAT the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” be adopted by the Turanga Road Board, and that the operations of the said Act be limited to a loan of £110 for metalling road between Nathan’s wharf and Waikopo Bridge.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed and confirmed in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

L. H. WHITE,
Clerk, Turanga Road Board.

Turanga Creek, 30th March, 1901.

Special Order made by the Napier Borough Council, abolishing Wards.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Napier Borough Council, is published in accordance with “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.—ABOLITION OF WARDS.

In pursuance of the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” section 182, subsection (3), the Council of the Borough of Napier do now ordain by special order that the three wards, named respectively the North, Central, and South Wards, of the Borough of Napier be abolished, such abolition to date from the 11th day of April next; and that the said special order be confirmed at the ordinary meeting of the Council to be held in the Council Chambers, Napier, on Wednesday, the 3rd April next, at 8 p.m.

Passed at a special meeting of the Borough Council this 6th day of March, 1901.

G. H. SWAN,
Mayor.

Confirmation of Above.

That the above special order, abolishing the three wards of the Borough of Napier, named respectively the North, Central, and South Wards, passed by the Council at a special meeting of the Borough Council on the 6th March, 1901, be now confirmed.

G. H. SWAN,
Mayor.

Passed at the ordinary meeting of the Borough Council this 3rd day of April, 1901, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation the 3rd day of April, 1901, in the presence of—

G. H. SWAN,
Mayor.

M. N. BOWER,
Town Clerk.

True copy of special order.—M. N. BOWER, Town Clerk.

Rules of the Wairoa County Acclimatisation Society.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a copy of the rules of the Wairoa County Acclimatisation Society, duly signed, has been deposited in this office; and the said society is therefore deemed to be a duly registered acclimatisation society under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880.”

J. G. WARD.

Despatch.—Demise of H.M. Queen Victoria.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1901.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 26th January, 1901.

SIR,—On the 24th instant, in consequence of the demise of Her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the accession of His present Majesty, King Edward the Seventh, I had the honour to transmit to you a telegram of which a copy is subjoined.

2. I now enclose for your information, and for publication in the Colonial Gazette, copies of the King’s Proclamation referred to in my telegram, which requires all persons being in office of authority or government at the demise of the late Queen to proceed in the execution of their respective offices.

3. Extracts from the London Gazette of the 25th instant, which contains the various official announcements* made on this occasion, are also enclosed for your information.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

• Not printed, except His Majesty’s Declaration.

TELEGRAM.

Enclosure to Circular, 26th January, 1901.

It is with profound regret that I have to inform you of the demise of Her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.

Her Majesty expired at Osborne House at 6.30 in the afternoon of the 22nd instant, to the great affliction of the Royal Family and of all classes of Her Majesty’s subjects.

His present Majesty was this day proclaimed King Edward the Seventh, with all the usual formalities.

The following Proclamation for proclaiming His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward the Seventh was yesterday approved by His Majesty the King in Council. You will take immediate steps for issuing it within your government. (Proclamation begins.)

Whereas it hath 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 Albert Edward: We (insert the description of the persons making the Proclamation) therefore do now 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, 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. (Proclamation ends.)

You will observe that the form of this Proclamation requires you to associate yourself in issuing it with other persons, and you should select those whose position appears to you to render them most suitable.

The Colonial Offices Act of 1830 provides that no Patent, Warrant, Commission, or other authority for the exercise of any office or employment in His Majesty’s colonies or possessions shall become void until eighteen months after the demise of the Crown.

A Proclamation requiring all persons so holding office to proceed in the performance and execution of their duties, and to hold their offices during His Majesty’s pleasure, was approved by His Majesty the King in Council yesterday, and will be forwarded by next mail.

His Majesty has also ordered the preparation of a Warrant for his signature which will authorise you to make use of the Public Seal now in use until another shall be prepared and transmitted to you.

A royal salute of twenty-one guns should, if possible, be fired at noon after the proclamation of His Majesty’s accession has been made.

By the King:

A PROCLAMATION, requiring all Persons being in Office of Authority or Government at the Decease of the late Queen to proceed in the Execution of their respective Offices.

EDWARD, R.

WHEREAS, by an Act made in the sixth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled “An Act for the Security of Her Majesty’s Person and Government, and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant Line,” it was enacted that no office, place, or employment, civil or military, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, Dominion of Wales, Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, or any of Her Majesty’s Plantations, should become void by reason of the demise of Her said late Majesty, her heirs or successors, Kings or Queens of this Realm, but that every person and persons in any of the offices, places, and employments aforesaid should continue in their respective offices, places, and employments for the space of six months next after such death or demise, unless sooner removed and discharged by the next successor to whom the Imperial Crown of this Realm was limited and appointed to go, remain, and descend: And whereas by an Act made in the first year of