Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 9

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✨ Appointments and Notices



Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, March 27th, 1857.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS WING

to be Pilot for the Port of Manukau.

By His Excellency’s command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

NOTICE.

Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
March 30th, 1857.

I HEREBY notify that I have appointed

MR. THOMAS WING,

to be Harbour Master for the Port of Manukau.

This appointment to date from the 1st May proximo.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
March 30th, 1857.

I HEREBY notify for general information, that, pursuant to the powers vested in the Superintendent in that behalf, I have this day appointed the undermentioned gentleman to be Coroner of the District of the Bay of Islands.

JAMES REDDY CLENDON, Esq.,

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
2nd April, 1857.

THE following Return of the names of all persons to whom certificates have been issued under the “Naval and Military Scrip Act, 1856,” from the 1st to 31st March, 1857, is published in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

To whom Issued. Date of Issue. Regiment or Ship. Amount.
John Smith Mar. 13 58th Regt. £20
Robert Twaites 21 Militia 20
Daniel Townsend 23 58th Regt. 20
David Osborne 25 Militia 20
Patrick Kiernan 26 58th Regt. 20

NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Special Meeting of Magistrates, held this day, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, at Auckland, for the purpose of forming the “Militia List” for the ensuing year, is adjourned to Tuesday, the 14th day of April next, at 12 o’clock, noon.

THOMAS BECKHAM.
Resident Magistrate.

Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Auckland, March 31, 1857.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 27th March, 1857.

I HEREBY notify for general information that the undermentioned places have been appointed to be additional Polling Stations at the ensuing Election of a Member to serve in the Provincial Council for the Pensioner Settlements, viz. :-

Otahuhu—The Commercial Inn.

Panmure—Brady’s Inn.

Howick—The Court House.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf by the Regulation issued on the fourteenth day of May, in the year 1856, by his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, for the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Auckland, in the said Colony, I hereby notify for general information, that all those portions of blocks of the said Waste Lands enumerated in the following Schedule, as are not in process of subdivision into lots, or as have not been already sold, settled, or set apart as Town, Suburban, or Rural Lands, or proclaimed as Credit Lands, will be open for sale as Country Lands, at ten shillings an acre, subject to the provisions in that behalf contained in the first mentioned Regulations on and after Monday, the eleventh day of the month of May next.

SCHEDULE.

Locality or District. Area.
Ruakaka, near Wangarei 4000
Maungakaramea, ditto Eastern portion 5000
Maungatapere, ditto portion lying East of Tirarau’s E. boundary 6000
Ahuroa, near Mahurangi 14,700
Kaipara Flats, ditto 4900
Te Kopuru, Kaipara District 9400
Whakahora, ditto 3734
Toka Toka, ditto 3100
Pakuranga, Parish of 800
Whaingaroa, Opotoru Creek 90
Wairos, Bay of Islands 2550
Omaru, Waiheki Island 1590
Pakiri, near Point Rodney 36,000

Given under my hand, at Auckland, in the said Province, the 1st day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.



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🚂 Appointment of Pilot for Port of Manukau

🚂 Transport & Communications
27 March 1857
Pilot, Port of Manukau, Appointment
  • Thomas Wing, Appointed Pilot for Port of Manukau

  • E. W. Stafford

🚂 Appointment of Harbour Master for Port of Manukau

🚂 Transport & Communications
30 March 1857
Harbour Master, Port of Manukau, Appointment
  • Thomas Wing (Mr), Appointed Harbour Master for Port of Manukau

  • J. Williamson, Superintendent

⚖️ Appointment of Coroner for Bay of Islands

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
30 March 1857
Coroner, Bay of Islands, Appointment
  • James Reddy Clendon (Esquire), Appointed Coroner of Bay of Islands

  • J. Williamson, Superintendent

🛡️ Return of Naval and Military Scrip Certificates

🛡️ Defence & Military
2 April 1857
Naval and Military Scrip Act, Certificates, 58th Regiment, Militia
  • John Smith, Issued certificate under Naval and Military Scrip Act
  • Robert Twaites, Issued certificate under Naval and Military Scrip Act
  • Daniel Townsend, Issued certificate under Naval and Military Scrip Act
  • David Osborne, Issued certificate under Naval and Military Scrip Act
  • Patrick Kiernan, Issued certificate under Naval and Military Scrip Act

  • J. Williamson, Superintendent

⚖️ Adjournment of Special Meeting of Magistrates

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
31 March 1857
Militia List, Special Meeting of Magistrates, Adjournment
  • Thomas Beckham, Resident Magistrate

🏛️ Additional Polling Stations for Provincial Council Election

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 March 1857
Polling Stations, Provincial Council Election, Pensioner Settlements
  • J. Williamson, Superintendent

🗺️ Sale of Waste Lands in Auckland Province

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
1 April 1857
Waste Lands, Sale, Country Lands, Auckland Province
  • John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland