Land Payments and Electoral Notices




RENT RECEIVED FOR CREDIT LAND.

Name Location Amount (£ s d) Amount (£ s d)
31 Fifield, John Maungatapere 58 0 0 2 18 0

RENT RECEIVED FOR SPECIAL OCCUPATION LAND.

Name Location Amount (£ s d) Amount (£ s d)
12 Bradley, Joseph Hunua ... 100 0 0 2 10 0

PENSIONER’S PRE-EMPTION PAYMENT.

Name Location Amount (£ s d)
9 Swan, Margaret, Opaheke 5 0 0
first instalment 1 18 4

Total amount of cash received... £519 11 4

JAMES BABER,
Deputy Waste Land Commissioner.


Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, January 29, 1859.

THE following Warrant, Notices, and Report, are re-published from the New Zealand Government Gazette, for general information.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under his hand, from time to time to appoint Polling places for each Electoral District within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the Principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places at any time to abolish, and appoint other Polling Places in lieu thereof:

AND WHEREAS by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that, subject to certain provisions therein contained, all the provisions of “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” shall apply to the Elections of Superintendents and Members of Provincial Councils.

Now KNOW YE that I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do hereby appoint the following places to be the Polling Places for the District of the Southern Division of the Province of Auckland to the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of the said Province, namely:

At Onehunga — The Court House,
At Panmure — The Ferry House,
At Howick — The Court House,
At Otahuhu — The Police Station.

At Waiheke — Such place on that Island as the Deputy Returning Officer may name.
At Waikuku — The Resident Magistrate’s Station,
At Coromandel — The Post Office,
At Papakura — The Resident Magistrate’s Station,
At Rangiawhia — The Resident Magistrate’s Station,
At Kawhia — The Custom House,
At Raglan — The Resident Magistrate’s Station.

And I do further appoint the Polling Place at Onehunga to be the Principal Polling Place for the said District.

Given under my hand, at Government House, at Auckland, this 24th day of January, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE.

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


Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 12th January, 1859.

THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Auckland, intituled

“Harbour Debenture Act, 1858,”
“City Debenture Act, 1858,”

which Bills were reserved for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, having been laid before the Governor, in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution Act, His Excellency has been pleased to withhold his assent from the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.


Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 12th January, 1859.

THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Auckland, intituled

“An Act to amend the City and Harbour Endowments Act, 1858,”
“The Provincial Council Enlargement Act, 1858,”

are hereby published for general information.



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1859, No 2





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Rent Received for Credit Land

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Rent, Credit Land, Maungatapere
  • John Fifield, Paid rent for credit land

  • James Baber, Deputy Waste Land Commissioner

🗺️ Rent Received for Special Occupation Land

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Rent, Special Occupation Land, Hunua
  • Joseph Bradley, Paid rent for special occupation land

  • James Baber, Deputy Waste Land Commissioner

🗺️ Pensioner's Pre-emption Payment

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Pre-emption Payment, Opaheke
  • Margaret Swan, Paid first instalment for pensioner's pre-emption

  • James Baber, Deputy Waste Land Commissioner

🏛️ Appointment of Polling Places for Southern Division of Auckland

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
24 January 1859
Polling Places, Southern Division, Auckland, Provincial Council Elections
  • Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Governor Withholds Assent to Harbour and City Debenture Acts

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
12 January 1859
Debenture Acts, Harbour, City, Auckland, Provincial Council
  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Publication of City and Harbour Endowments Act and Provincial Council Enlargement Act

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
12 January 1859
City and Harbour Endowments Act, Provincial Council Enlargement Act, Auckland
  • E. W. Stafford