Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 21

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✨ Election Results and Land Regulations

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority,

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature 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, OCTOBER 6, 1855. [No. XXI.]

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 1st October, 1855.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified for general information that a writ for the election of a Member for the Christchurch Country District, having been issued in accordance with the clause 12 of an Act of Parliament passed in the 16th and 17th years of Her present Majesty entitled, an Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand:—The Returning Officer for the said District has returned the said writ with a certificate that the undermentioned Gentleman has been duly elected to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council:—

For the Christchurch Country District,
THOMAS RICHARD MOORE, Esquire.

By command of His Honor,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 3rd October, 1855.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following despatch for general information.

By order of His Honor,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 15th September, 1855.

SIR,—I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor’s letter of the 23rd of July last, transmitting a draft of the Land Regulations which have been recommended by your Honor and the Provincial Council of Canterbury to be issued in the General Government Gazette under the provisions of the “Waste Lands Act, 1854.”

These Regulations, I am further directed to observe, cannot, His Excellency is advised, be put in force consistently with the law.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 21

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🏘️ Election of Member for Christchurch Country District

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated1 October 1855
KeywordsElection, Provincial Council, Christchurch Country District
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Richard Moore (Esquire), Elected as Member of the Provincial Council

👩‍💼 Officials

Joseph Brittan, Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Publication of Despatch Regarding Land Regulations

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated3 October 1855
KeywordsLand Regulations, Waste Lands Act, General Government Gazette
👩‍💼 Officials

Joseph Brittan, Provincial Secretary

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