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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Sir James Prendergast

Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice of the Colony of New Zealand, whose career is referred to under the heading “Legal,” holds a dormant commission empowering him to act as Governor in event of the death or absence of his Excellency from New Zealand. His Honour the Chief Justice has been called upon several times to administer the Government. The first occasion was from the 21st of February to the 27th of March, 1879; again on the departure of Sir Hercules Robinson, G.C.M.G., from the 9th of September to the 29th of November, 1880; and after Sir Arthur Gordon left on the 24th of June, 1882, until the 20th of the following January; in 1889, between the terms of Sir W. Jervois and the Earl of Onslow from 23rd of March to the 2nd of May. The page 38 last occasion was in 1892, just prior to the arrival of His Excellency the Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., the period being from the 25th of February to the 6th of June of that year.