Miscellaneous Notices




3 Dozen Shirt Buttons
3 " Trowser do.
4 Mops
1 Dust and Ashes Box
1 Saucepan (3 gallons)
1 Tin Can (3 gallons)
6 Cloth Caps.

For samples of the articles and any other information, application may be made to the House Surgeon, Colonial Hospital.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed, and endorsed "Tenders for Articles for Lunatic Asylum."

R. H. WYNARD,
Superintendent

IMPounded at the Public Pound, Hundred of Auckland, Newmarket, for Trespassing on enclosed Paddock at Onehunga:—
Four Black and White Small Barrows,
Four Sandy ditto.

If not claimed, to be sold at the Pound at noon, on the 7th day of July next, agreeable to the provisions of the Impounding Ordinance, Vic. 11, Sec. 8, No. 6.

JOSEPH OSBORNE,
Pound-keeper.

Public Pound,
12th June, 1854.

City Council Chamber,
Auckland, June 12th, 1854.

THE following Bye-Laws, enacted by the Auckland City Council, and assented to by His Honour the Superintendent, are now published in accordance with the provision contained in the 39th Section of the "Auckland City Council Act," and will come into operation at the expiration of one month after this date.

WALTER LEE,
Chairman City Council.

CITY BYE-LAWS.

Lord’s Day.
Hawkers and Pedlars.
Nuisances.
Public Works.
Unwholesome Food.
Highways.
Cruelty to Animals.
Carters.
Public Entertainment.
Public Lodging Houses.
Houses of Ill-Fame.
Arsenic, &c.

Bye-Laws to make provision in certain respects for the good order, health, and convenience of the CITY OF AUCKLAND.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Auckland, passed in the seventeenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, "An Act to provide for the Municipal Government of the City of Auckland," it was amongst other things enacted that the City Council should have power from time to time, to make and ordain Bye-Laws for the good order, health, and convenience of the City of Auckland. And whereas it is expedient that the said power should be exercised as hereafter provided: Be it therefore ordained and declared by the Auckland City Council in Council assembled as follows:—

LORD’S DAY.

  1. Any person who shall keep open any shop, store, or other place of business, on the Lord’s Day for the purpose of trade or dealing, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds. Provided always that apothecaries and druggists shall be at liberty to keep open their shops at any hour; and Government Contractors till 9 o’clock in the morning for contract purposes, and licensed publicans between the hours of 1 o’clock in the afternoon and 7 o’clock in the evening, as prescribed by the Licensing Ordinance, No. 12 of Session 2.

  2. Any person playing at any game or other diversion in any street, by-way, public thoroughfare, or other public place within the City, on the Lord’s Day, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five pounds.

  3. If any persons shall assemble together in any street, by-way, public thoroughfare, or other public place within the City, on the Lord’s Day, to the disturbance of any congregation of worshippers, every such person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  4. The owner of any public billiard room, theatre, or other public place of amusement, suffering any person to play therein on the Lord’s Day, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

HAWKERS AND PEDLARS.

  1. No person shall act as a Hawker or Pedlar of manufactured goods, wares, or merchandise, without having first obtained a license from the City Council, which license shall be in the form in the Schedule A hereto annexed, and shall be signed by the Chairman and the Treasurer, and shall continue in force until the 31st day of December next ensuing the date thereof. Such license shall be issued to any person applying for the same who shall produce a certificate of good character signed by two electors of the City of Auckland, upon payment of a sum at the rate of thirty shillings per annum. And every person who shall act as a Hawker or Pedlar without having obtained a license as hereinbefore provided shall forfeit any sum not exceeding five pounds.

  2. All persons so licensed are hereby required to have legibly written or printed on their packs or carts, in Roman letters at least one inch in length, the words "Licensed Hawker," together with the number of the license; and every such person in default thereof, shall forfeit and pay for every offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

  3. Any Hawker or Pedlar refusing or neglecting to shew his license (when requested)



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1854, No 18





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Tenders for Colonial Hospital Supplies (Additional) (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
10 June 1854
Tenders, Hospital Supplies, Auckland
  • R. H. Wynard, Superintendent

🏘️ Impounding Notice for Trespassing Animals

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
12 June 1854
Impounding, Trespassing, Animals, Auckland
  • Joseph Osborne, Pound-keeper

🏛️ Publication of Auckland City Council Bye-Laws

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
12 June 1854
Bye-Laws, Auckland City Council, Municipal Government
  • Walter Lee, Chairman City Council