Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 25

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✨ Election Results and Police Tenders



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For the Bay of Islands,

James Busby, Esq.

Mr. John Bedggood

have been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Auckland, November 9th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a Writ issued for the election of four Members of the Auckland Provincial Council for the Northern Division has been returned with the following certificate.

E. W. STAFFORD.

I hereby declare that the undermentioned gentlemen were duly nominated as Candidates to serve as Members of the Provincial Council for the Northern Division, and that at the close of the Poll, the numbers of votes of each was as stated opposite their respective names—

Allan O’Neill, Esq. ................ 423

Isaac Rhodes Cooper, Esq. ....... 427

John Munro, Esq. .................. 433

Walter Lee, Esq. ................... 364

James Carlton Hill, Esq. .......... 233

Bernard Reynolds, Esq. ........... 213

I therefore declare that Allan O’Neill, Esq., Isaac Rhodes Cooper, Esq., John Munro, Esq., and Walter Lee, Esq., having the largest number of votes, have been duly elected to serve as Members of the Provincial Council for the Northern Division.

I further declare that the votes received at Mr. Atkyn’s Station, Kaipara, were as follows—

Bernard Reynolds, Esq. ............ 6

(which are included in the 213).

And that the Poll was taken on the proper day by an individual deputed to receive it by Mr. Fenton, the duly appointed Deputy Returning Officer for that additional Polling Place, who was unable to perform that duty in consequence of meeting with a severe accident when en route.

I further declare that the individual who received the voting papers was not authorised so to do by me, Returning Officer.

(Signed) JAS. JNO. PIERCY,

Returning Officer.

Resident Magistrate’s Court,

29th October, 1857.

TENDERS FOR CLOTHING FOR POLICE.

Superintendent’s Office,

Auckland, November 11, 1857.

TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on Monday, the 23rd instant, for furnishing Clothing for the Armed Police Force, the particulars of which can be obtained from the Inspector.

Tenders to be sealed and endorsed “Tenders for Police Clothing.”

J. WILLIAMSON,

Superintendent.

Printed by W. C. WILSON, for the Provincial Government.




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🏛️ Election Results for Auckland Provincial Council (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
9 November 1857
Provincial Council, Election Results, Northern Division, Auckland
6 names identified
  • Allan O'Neill (Esquire), Elected Member of Provincial Council
  • Isaac Rhodes Cooper (Esquire), Elected Member of Provincial Council
  • John Munro (Esquire), Elected Member of Provincial Council
  • Walter Lee (Esquire), Elected Member of Provincial Council
  • James Carlton Hill (Esquire), Candidate for Provincial Council
  • Bernard Reynolds (Esquire), Candidate for Provincial Council

  • E. W. Stafford, Colonial Secretary
  • Jas. Jno. Piercy, Returning Officer

⚖️ Tenders for Clothing for Police

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
11 November 1857
Tenders, Police Clothing, Armed Police Force
  • J. Williamson, Superintendent