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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 65

Commission Appointing the Right Honourable Viscount Cobham, G.C.M.G., T.D., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand

THE following Commission, appointing the Right Honourable Viscount Cobham to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand is published for general information.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of September 1957.

S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 85/1/22)

ELIZABETH R.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith: To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Cousin, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, upon whom has been conferred the Territorial Decoration, GREETING:

WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you, the said Charles John, Viscount Cobham, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date at Westminster the Eleventh day of May 1917, constituting the said Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, and in certain other Letters Patent under the Great Seal, bearing date at Westminster the Eighteenth day of December 1918, amending the same, or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, or as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the Sixth day of November 1952, appointing Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (now also Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order), Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, and Bar, Lieutenant-General on the retired list of Our Army, to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers and loving subjects in New Zealand, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, this 9th day of August 1957, in the Sixth year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty’s Command,

S. G. HOLLAND.

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Appointment of the Right Honourable Viscount Cobham, G.C.M.G., T.D., to be Governor-General.

His duties and powers under Letters Patent.

Commission of 6th November 1952 superseded.

Officers and others to take notice, etc.

Price 6d.

BY AUTHORITY: R. E. OWEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1957