Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 14

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✨ Provincial Government Notices

AUCKLAND
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VIII.] AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1859. [No. 14.

NOTICE

THE Superintendent will meet the Provincial Council at the Council Chamber on Monday next, July 11th, at three o’clock p.m., for the purpose of opening the Session.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 5th July, 1859.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, July 6th, 1859.

THE following Letter and Report, from Dr. Hochstetter, are published for general information.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

Auckland, June 30th, 1859.

Sir,— As the time is drawing near for my departure to Nelson and from there to Europe, I feel it my duty to give some report of my investigations in the Province of Auckland, during the last six months.

I have been so fully occupied in actual work that it has been impossible for me to prepare a detailed official report, such as I should have been happy to furnish, if time permitted.

Under existing circumstances I hope the Provincial Government will accept my general report in the form of the Lecture, which I delivered the other evening to the Members of the Auckland Mechanics’ Institute. This Lecture, (with some additions and notes which I have since introduced,) as your Honor will see, contains all the particulars that could, at present, be embodied in an official report.

I have also the pleasure to inform you, that I have arranged a duplicates collection of geological specimens and fossils, which I have obtained during my exploration of this Province, and this collection I have now the great pleasure to hand over to your Honor for the Auckland Museum.

Allow me further to state, that it will give me great pleasure to forward for the acceptance of the Provincial Government copies of the publications respecting New Zealand, as they will appear from time to time prior to the completion of the whole volumes and atlases embodying the whole results of the Austrian Novara Expedition.

As my further stay in Auckland draws rapidly to a close, I now beg to return your Honor my sincere thanks for the extremely kind and liberal assistance I have received from you and every officer of the Provincial Government. It has only been by such friendly co-operation, and truly efficient help, that I have been enabled in so short a time to make so extensive and satisfactory an exploration of the Province of Auckland.

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1859, No 14

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

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🏘️ Provincial Council Meeting Notice

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated5 July 1859
KeywordsProvincial Council, Meeting, Session Opening
👩‍💼 Officials

J. Williamson, Superintendent

🏘️ Publication of Dr. Hochstetter's Report

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated6 July 1859
KeywordsReport, Geological Specimens, Auckland Museum, Austrian Novara Expedition
👩‍💼 Officials

J. Williamson, Superintendent
Dr. Hochstetter

🏘️ Dr. Hochstetter's Report on Investigations

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated30 June 1859
KeywordsGeological Specimens, Fossils, Auckland Museum, Austrian Novara Expedition
👩‍💼 Officials

Dr. Hochstetter

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