Auckland (Province)

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Auckland Province 1853-1876

The province of Auckland was one of six provinces established in 1853 as an independent administrative unit in the former British colony of New Zealand on the basis of the second New Zealand Constitution Act .

geography

Auckland Province was the northernmost province in New Zealand. The southern border of the province was established on the western coast, starting with the course of the Mokau River from its source to the confluence with the Tasman Sea and then from the point where the 39th parallel crosses the Whanganui River , along the latitude to the East coast. The western border was formed by the coastline to the Tasman Sea and the northern and eastern border by the coastline to the Pacific Ocean .

history

On June 30, 1952, the British Parliament the law " Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand " passed that in New Zealand under New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 is known. The law regulates the administrative redistribution of the New Zealand colony into six provinces. The boundaries of the districts should be determined by proclamation by the governor of New Zealand. The law also stipulated that each province should have a provincial council with at least nine members and a superintendent (head, head).

The then governor George Edward Gray proclaimed the legal changes on January 17, 1853 and with the public announcement of February 28, 1853 the provinces of Auckland , New Plymouth and Wellington in the North Island and Nelson , Canterbury and Otago in the South Island, with the dated Governor proclaimed limits legal force. On March 5, 1853, the first elections to the Provincial Council were held and repeated every four years from then on. For the first superintendent of the province Auckland was Robert Henry Wynyard determined that by 1855 had a second term 1867-1869 and a third from 1873 to 1875.

The province of Auckland remained in its form and borders until the dissolution of all provinces. The dissolution of the administrative system over provinces took place on October 12, 1875 by a resolution of the British Parliament. The Abolition of Provinces Act came into force on November 1, 1876. The provincial system was replaced by an administrative system based on boroughs and counties .

See also

literature

  • Auckland Province and Provincial District . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed August 17, 2016]).
  • New Zealand's Nine Provinces (1853-76) . In: Friends of the Hocken Collection (Ed.): Welcome to the Hocken (Bulletin) . Bulletin number 31 . Dunedin March 2000 (English, online PDF 22 kB [accessed on August 17, 2016]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Proclamation of Boundaries of Provinces . In: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle . Issue 583 . Nelson May 7, 1853 ( online [accessed August 17, 2016]).
  2. ^ Robert Stokes : The New Zealand Constitution Act (1852): Together with Correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-in-chief of New Zealand in Explanation thereof . Ed .: New Zealand Government . Wellington 1853, An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand. , S.  179 (English, online [accessed August 17, 2016]).
  3. ↑ Friends of the Hocken Collection (ed.): New Zealand's Nine Provinces (1853-76) . 2000, p.  1 (English).
  4. ↑ Provinces 1848-77 . In: Rulers . B. Schemmel , accessed August 17, 2016 .