✨ Government Proclamation
OTAGO
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
JOHN L. C. RICHARDSON, Superintendent.
Vol. IV.] THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1862. [No. 163.
(From the New Zealand Gazette, October 3, 1861.)
PROCLAMATION.
Administration of the Government assumed by Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, &c., &c.
WHEREAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, dated at Westminster the ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, Her Majesty did constitute and appoint Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Colonel in the Army, to be Her Majesty’s Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, with all its members and appurtenances whatsoever, with all and singular the powers, authorities, privileges, and duties in the said Letters Patent mentioned or referred to. And Her Majesty did further declare it to be Her pleasure that in case of the death, incapacity, or absence of the said Thomas Gore Browne from the said Colony and its Dependencies, Her said Commission and the several powers which thereby and by certain instructions therein referred to were vested in the said Thomas Gore Browne should be exercised by such person as might be appointed by Her Majesty to be the Lieutenant-Governor of the said Colony, or by such person as might be appointed by Her Majesty under Her Sign Manual and Signet to administer the Government thereof;
And whereas, by a Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date at Osborne House, in the Isle of Wight, the 1st day of June, 1861, Her Majesty did nominate and appoint me, the said Sir George Grey, in case of such death, incapacity, or absence as aforesaid to administer the Government of the said Colony and its Dependencies, and did direct and authorise me to exercise all such functions, powers, and authorities as by the said Letters Patent and Instructions were vested in the said Thomas Gore Browne or might otherwise belong to the Officer administering the Government of the said Colony; and Her Majesty did command all and singular Her Officers and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all other inhabitants of the said Colony, and all others whom it might concern, to take due notice of Her said Warrant, and to yield to me their ready obedience as Administrator of the said Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1862, No 163
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🏛️ Proclamation of Administration of the Government assumed by Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 February 1862
Proclamation, Government Administration, Sir George Grey, Thomas Gore Browne
- George Grey (Sir, K.C.B.), Administrator of the Government
- Thomas Gore Browne (Esquire, C.B.), Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Administrator of the Government
- Her Majesty