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New Munster Province

Field	Value
name	New Munster Province
settlement_type	Provinces of New Zealand
total_type	Region
image_seal	File:New Munster seal.png
image_map	File:(1842) MAP OF THE COLONY NEW ZEALAND.jpg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	New Zealand
subdivision_type1	Island
subdivision_name1	South Island
established_title	Established
established_date	1846
extinct_title	Abolished
extinct_date	1853
named_for	Munster

New Munster was an early original name for the South Island of New Zealand, given by the Governor of New Zealand, Captain William Hobson, in honour of Munster, the Irish province in which he was born.

Province

This act dissolved these provinces in 1853, after only seven years' existence, and New Munster was divided into the provinces of Wellington, Canterbury, Nelson, and Otago.

Government appointments

Sir Francis Dillon Bell: Appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster.
Alfred Domett: Colonial Secretary of New Munster.
Edward John Eyre: Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster.
Sir William Fox: Attorney-General of New Munster, although his acceptance was later withdrawn.
William Gisborne: Private secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster.
Sir David Munro: Appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster.
John Davies Ormond: Private secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster and Clerk of the New Munster Executive Council.
Mathew Richmond: Appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster.

References

"The crown colony, 1840 to 1852". [[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]].
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/bell-sir-francis-dillon/1 Bell, Sir Francis Dillon]
"Domett, Alfred".
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/eyre-edward-john/1 Eyre, Edward John]
"Fox, Sir William".
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/gisborne-william/1 Gisborne, William]
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/ormond-hon-john-davies/1 Ormond, Hon. John Davies]
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/richmond-mathew-cb/1 Richmond, Mathew, C.B.]

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