✨ Provincial Government Proclamations and Notices
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. VI.] AUCKLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1857. [No. 24.
PROCLAMATION.
By JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.
WHEREAS by an Act made and passed in the Parliament holden in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand" it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, to fix such place or places within the limits of the Province, and such times for holding the first and every other Session of the Provincial Council as he may think fit.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the authority in me vested in that behalf, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, do hereby proclaim and declare that the eighth Session of the Provincial Council shall be holden at Auckland, and shall commence on Wednesday the 25th day of November, instant; and the Members of the said Council are hereby warned to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly.
Given under my hand at Auckland, this 2nd day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, Nov. 2nd, 1857.
The documents referred to are deposited at the Waste Lands Office, Princes-street.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
TO CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, &c.
BRIDGE OVER THE WAIWAKAIHO RIVER.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
New Plymouth, 24th October, 1857.
THE Provincial Government of New Plymouth being desirous to erect a Bridge over the River Waiwakaiho, has caused to be prepared a Map of the River with a Section of the Bed and Banks on both sides, and also descriptive particulars of the proposed site.
The Map, Section, Level, and Prospectus containing full particulars, directions, conditions, &c., may be seen on application at the Survey offices in New Plymouth, Auckland, and Wellington.
A premium of Forty Pounds will be given for the most eligible design, and a premium of Twenty Pounds for the next.
Colonel Mould, R.E., has consented to determine the relative merits of the various designs, and his opinion will be acted upon in awarding the premiums.
The Designs and Specifications must be transmitted, in the manner prescribed in the prospectus, to this office, on or before the first day of January, 1858.
I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1857, No 24
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🏛️ Proclamation of Provincial Council Session
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Provincial Council, Session, Auckland, Proclamation
- JOHN WILLIAMSON, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland
🏗️ Notice of Bridge Construction Tender
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works24 October 1857
Bridge, Waiwakaiho River, Construction, Tender, Design Competition
- I. N. WATT, Provincial Secretary
- Colonel Mould, R.E.