Southland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 26

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✨ Proclamation of Prorogation

NEW ZEALAND

Government Gazette.

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures, are to be considered as Official communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor’s Command,

JOHN BLACKLOCK,
Provincial Secretary.

Vol. 6.] WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1868. [No. 26.

PROCLAMATION

By the Honorable John Parkin Taylor, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Southland.

WHEREAS it is expedient to Prorogue the Provincial Council of Southland: Now, therefore, I, John Parkin Taylor, Superintendent of the Province of Southland, in pursuance of the powers in me vested in that behalf, do hereby Prorogue the said Council.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Southland, at Invercargill, this twentieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Southland, by Reynolds and Co., Invercargill, N.Z., Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 26

Built in 1864 as a Masonic lodge, this building was purchased by the Southland Provincial Council as their council chambers in 1866. It still stands today.

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🏛️ Prorogation of the Provincial Council of Southland

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated20 October 1868
KeywordsProrogation, Provincial Council, Southland
👩‍💼 Officials

John Parkin Taylor, Superintendent
John Blacklock, Provincial Secretary

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