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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 15th September, 1855,
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct that the name of the following gentleman should be added to the Commission of the Peace for the Province of Canterbury,
Henry Barnes Gresson, Esq.,
By His Excellency’s command,
Andrew Sinclair,
Colonial Secretary.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Waste Lands of the Crown.
NOTICE is hereby given,—That the country to the North of the Canterbury Block, within the boundaries described below having been surveyed is now a proclaimed District under the New Zealand Government Regulations, 4th March, 1853, and is open for sale in Blocks of not less than Forty Acres at ten shillings an Acre.
Proclaimed District.
On the North by the River Hurunui from its mouth to the second Gorge—On the East by the Sea coast from the mouth of the Hurunui to the mouth of the Waipara—On the South by the river Waipara from its mouth to the junction of its northern branch (5 miles north of Mount Grey) and on the West by the North branch of the river Waipara from its junction with the main river to the junction of a small stream flowing from the Black Birch Bush, south of Mount Mason, and from thence in a direct line through Mount Mason and Waitohi Peak to the second Gorge of the Hurunui.
William Guise Brittan,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Land Office, Christchurch,
1st October, 1855.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Act passed on the 15th and 16th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria entitled "An act for granting a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand" it was enacted, that no Bill passed by a Superintendent and Provincial Council which shall be reserved for the signification of the assent of the Governor shall have any force and authority within the Province until the Superintendent shall signify either by speech or message to the Provincial Council or by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, that such Bill has been laid before the Governor, and that the Governor has assented to the same. And whereas an Ordinance was passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Provincial Council Extension Ordinance, Session IV, No. 3," and the same was reserved by me for the assent of His Excellency the Governor: Now therefore, I, James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, proclaim and declare, that the aforesaid Ordinance has been laid before His Excellency the Governor, and that His Excellency has assented to the same.
Given under my hand at Christchurch, this 5th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
James Edward Fitz Gerald,
Superintendent.
By command of His Honor,
Joseph Brittan,
Provincial Secretary.
God save the Queen.
ERRATUM.—In the statement of Receipts and Payments by the Provincial Treasurer published in the Gazette of the 24th September, No. XX, for "Balance in Lyttelton Treasury, 30th June, £1,038 11s. 2d," read "£10,368 11s. 2d."
PRINTED BY J. WILLIS, AT THE "STANDARD" OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 21
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- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
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- William Guise Brittan, Commissioner of Crown Lands
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