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Members of the Legislative Council and
the Members of the House of Representatives respectively are hereby required
to give their attendance at the said time
and place accordingly.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Seal of the Colony of
New Zealand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, this First
day of April, in the year of our
Lord, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
William Fox.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Warrant defining District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858.

By His Excellency Sir George
Grey, Knight, Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.,

WHEREAS by The Coroners’ Act,
1858,
the Governor is empowered,
in the manner therein mentioned, to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of
the several Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define
the Districts within which such Coroners
shall respectively have jurisdiction, and
every such definition to revoke or amend;
and the limits of such Districts to alter
as occasion may require. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
said power and authority, do hereby define the District of

Wanganui,
to be the country between the Wangaehu
River, the Northern Boundary of the
Province of Wellington, the Sea Coast
and the Ruahine Range of Hills.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland,
this twenty-sixth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.

Warrant defining District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858.

By His Excellency Sir George
Grey, Knight, Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.,

WHEREAS by The Coroners’ Act,
1858,
the Governor is empowered
in the manner therein mentioned, to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of
the several Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define
the Districts within which such Coroners
shall respectively have jurisdiction,
and every such definition to revoke or amend;
and the limits of such Districts to alter
as occasion may require. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
said power and authority, do hereby define the District of

Wellington,
in the Province of Wellington, to be all
the territory comprised within the limits
following, that is to say: the City of
Wellington and the several adjacent districts of Wades Town, Kai Warra Warra,
the harbour as far as the Koro Koro
Stream, Ohiro, Makara, Town, and
Watts’ Peninsula.

Given under my hand at Government
House, at Auckland, this
twenty-sixth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 13





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation Appointing General Assembly to Meet

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
1 April 1862
General Assembly, Prorogation, Wellington, Auckland
  • G. Grey
  • William Fox

⚖️ Definition of Wanganui District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
26 March 1862
Coroners’ Act, Wanganui, District Definition
  • G. Grey
  • Henry Sewell

⚖️ Definition of Wellington District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
26 March 1862
Coroners’ Act, Wellington, District Definition
  • G. Grey
  • Henry Sewell