✨ Proclamation and Despatch
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures,
are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may
relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor’s command,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. II.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1855. [No. XVIII.]
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Lieutenant Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand entitled an Ordinance for the Regulation of Prisons, Sess. VII., No. 7, it was enacted that it should be lawful for His Excellency the Governor from time to time, as to him should seem meet by Proclamation to declare any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a Public Gaol: And Whereas by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entitled the Empowering Ordinance, Sess. II., No. 2, it was enacted that the powers conferred on the Governor by the above recited Ordinance should thereafter be conferred within the limits of the Province of Canterbury, upon the Superintendent thereof: Now therefore, I, James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent of the said Province, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the above recited Ordinances, and of all other powers in that behalf, enabling me, do by this Proclamation, proclaim and declare that the several parcels of land commonly known and marked on the maps of the Canterbury Association, as the reserves for Police Court and Gaol in the Town of Lyttelton, together with all the buildings situate thereon shall be deemed and taken to be a Public Gaol, within the meaning of the above recited Ordinance for the regulation of Prisons.
Given under my hand at Christchurch, this 23rd day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
JAMES EDWARD FITZ GERALD,
Superintendent.
God Save the Queen.
By His Honor’s command,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, August 27, 1855.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT DOTH direct the publication of the following despatch for general information.
By order of His Honor,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, August 14, 1855.
Sir,—I am directed by His Excellency the Officer administering the Government to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 18
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⚖️ Proclamation of Public Gaol
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 August 1855
Proclamation, Public Gaol, Lyttelton, Police Court
- James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent
- Joseph Brittan, Provincial Secretary
🏛️ Publication of Despatch
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 August 1855
Despatch, Publication, General Information
- Joseph Brittan, Provincial Secretary