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General Government Notice.
A PROCLAMATION
Disallowance certain Ordinances passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Wellington.
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., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by an Act made and enacted in the Imperial Parliament, holden in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is amongst other things enacted that whenever any Bill shall have been assented to by the Superintendent, as in the said Act provided, the Superintendent shall forthwith transmit to the Governor an authentic copy thereof, and it shall be lawful for the Governor, at any time within three months after any such Bill shall have been received by him, to declare, by Proclamation, his disallowance of such Bill, and that any such disallowance shall make void and annul the same, from and after the day of the date of such Proclamation, or any subsequent date to be named therein:
And whereas the Ordinances hereinafter specified have been enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, and the said Ordinances were received by the Governor on the eighteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four:
And whereas it is expedient that the said Ordinances should be disallowed:
Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority vested in me in that behalf by the said recited Act of Parliament, do hereby proclaim and declare my disallowance of the following Ordinances passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Wellington, viz.:
- "Wairarapa Race Course Act," Session XI., No. 3.
- "Hutt Park and Race Course Act," Session XI., No. 6.
Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this twentieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
G. Grey.
By His Excellency’s command,
William Fox.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Comparative Return of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wellington between the Quarters ending October 30th, 1863, and 1864.
| 1863 | 1864 | 1863 | 1864 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ships. | Tons. | Ships. | Tons. | Ships. | |
| Arrivals From: | Departures To: | ||||
| Great Britain | 2 | 1044 | 4 | 2158 | Great Britain |
| New South Wales | 8 | 3103 | 16 | 5553 | New South Wales |
| Van Diemen’s Land | 1 | 851 | 1 | 238 | Van Diemen’s Land |
| Other Ports | 4 | 641 | 7 | 2869 | Other Ports |
| Coastwise | 85 | 11,693 | 130 | 25,351 | Coastwise |
| Totals | 100 | 16,566 | 158 | 36,196 | Totals |
Wellington, 15th October, 1864.
JOHN HOLLIDAY,
Harbor Master.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 45
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🏛️ Disallowance of Wellington Provincial Ordinances
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration20 October 1864
Proclamation, Disallowance, Ordinances, Wellington Province, Wairarapa Race Course Act, Hutt Park and Race Course Act
- Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- William Fox
🚂 Comparative Shipping Statistics for Wellington Port
🚂 Transport & Communications15 October 1864
Shipping, Arrivals, Departures, Wellington Port, Statistics
- John Holliday, Harbor Master