Marlborough Province

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Marlborough Province 1859-1876

The province of Marlborough was a province in the former British colony of New Zealand , which on November 1, 1859 by Order in Council (ordinance) was separated from the province of Nelson and became independent.

geography

The Marlborough Province was the northeasternmost province on the South Island of New Zealand. The southern border of the province led from the mouth of the Conway River on the east coast about 60 km in a west-northwest direction into the mountains and from there about 20 km to the north, before running in a north-northeast direction directly to Tennyson Inlet in Pelorus Sound . The northern boundary was formed by the coastline of the Sounds to the Cook Strait and the eastern boundary by the coastline to the Pacific Ocean . The area covered an area of ​​2,792,500  acres .

history

On June 30, 1852 in 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 General Assembly made use of this in November 1859 after settlers in the eastern area of Nelson Province complained about the distance to the western center of the province.

In August 1859 the resolution was passed in the province and implemented on November 1, 1859 by the General Assembly in Wellington. But the independence as a province only lasted until 1876, because on October 12, 1875, the British Parliament passed the Abolition of Provinces Act (Act for the abolition of the provinces), the end of the administration of New Zealand over the provinces. On November 1, 1876, the law became law. The provincial system was replaced by an administrative system based on boroughs and counties .

See also

literature

  • Marlborough Province and Provincial District . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed August 20, 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 ( online PDF 22 kB [accessed August 20, 2016]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alison Dench : Essential Dates . A Timeline of New Zealand History . Random House , Auckland 2005, ISBN 1-86941-689-9 , pp.  81 (English).
  2. ^ Marlborough Provincial District . In: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Provincial District - Volume V . Cyclopedia Company Limited , Christchurch 1906, p.  290 (English, online [accessed August 20, 2016]).
  3. ^ 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 20, 2016]).
  4. ^ A b McLintock (Ed.): Marlborough Province and Provincial District . 1966 (English).