Otago Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 90

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✨ Government Proclamations and Acts

Majesty by the Constitution Act for civil and judicial services," and
"An Act to amend the Law defining and settling the rights of holders of Land Orders and Land Scrip," were presented to the said Governor for Her Majesty’s assent; and whereas all the said Bills were reserved by the said Governor for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in part recited Act; do by this Proclamation signify and proclaim to all to whom it may concern that the said Bills have been severally laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, at Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency’s Command,
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 25th July, 1859.

THE following Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in the Session held in the twenty-first and twenty-second years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled—

No. 39—“An Act to bring into operation within the Colony of New Zealand, certain provisions of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,”

having been laid before the Queen, in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution Act, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to leave the same to its operation.

HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 27th July, 1859.

THE following Acts passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in the Session held in the twenty-first and twenty-second years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled—

No. 41—“An Act to regulate the Local Affairs of Native Districts.”

No. 42—“An Act to make better provision for the Administration of Justice in Native Districts,”

Registrar-General’s Office,
Auckland, July 28th, 1859.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the eighteenth year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and entitled “The Marriage Act, 1854,” the following Name of an additional Officiating Minister, within the meaning of the said Act, is published for general information:—

Free Church of Scotland,
The Rev. Alexander Bruce Todd (Otago).

I, John B. Bennett, Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby certify that the foregoing Name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of “The Marriage Act, 1854,” has been sent in to me, in addition to the Names in Lists published respectively in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 5, of the 27th of January; No. 7, of the 19th of February; No. 10, of the 19th of March; No. 11, of the 5th April; No. 14, of the 29th April; and No. 16, of the 31st of May, in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Auckland, this twenty-eighth day of July, 1859.

John B. Bennett,
Registrar-General.

Printed for the Provincial Government by Daniel Campbell, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Online Sources for this page:

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The Otago Provincial Council sat in a number of buildings, including the Dunedin Stock Exchange (depicted) in Princes St

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🏛️ Proclamation of Assented Bills

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 July 1859
KeywordsProclamation, Bills, Her Majesty, Governor, Legislative Council
👩‍💼 Officials

THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Governor of New Zealand
HENRY JOHN TANCRED, By His Excellency’s Command

🏛️ Act to bring into operation provisions of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated25 July 1859
KeywordsAct, Merchant Shipping, Queen Victoria, Colonial Secretary
👩‍💼 Officials

HENRY JOHN TANCRED, For the Colonial Secretary

🪶 Acts to regulate Local Affairs and Administration of Justice in Native Districts

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated27 July 1859
KeywordsActs, Native Districts, Local Affairs, Administration of Justice

🏛️ Additional Officiating Minister under The Marriage Act, 1854

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated28 July 1859
KeywordsOfficiating Minister, Marriage Act, Free Church of Scotland, Otago
👱🏽 Names

Alexander Bruce Todd (Reverend), Additional Officiating Minister

👩‍💼 Officials

John B. Bennett, Registrar-General

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