Taranaki Province

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(For the current top-level subdivision of Taranaki in New Zealand, see Taranaki)

The Taranaki Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Intially known as New Plymouth Province, the province was renamed on the 1st of January 1859 as the Taranaki Province.

Contents 1 Area 2 Anniversary Day 3 Superintendents 4 Legislation 5 Source

[edit] Area

Capital New Plymouth.

[edit] Anniversary Day

New Zealand law still provides an anniversary day for each province.

[edit] Superintendents

• 1853 Charles Brown (1st time)
• 1857 George Cutfield
• 1861 Charles Brown (2nd time)
• 1865 Henry Robert Richmond
• 1869 Frederic Alonzo Carrington

[edit] Legislation

No surviving legislation.

[edit] Source

• A page containing a map of the old provincial boundaries is available here.
• List at Rulers site with provincial superintendents