Public Notices




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. III.] SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1856. [No. XII.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, May 30, 1856.

ALL Persons are hereby cautioned against encroaching upon the unsold portion of the Town Reserves, either by making banks or digging ditches thereon, as persons so offending will be proceeded against according to law.

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

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, June 6, 1856.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified for public information that he has appointed the following Gentlemen to be Returning Officers under the Roads Ordinance, Sess. VI, No. 2, for the undermentioned Districts :

For the Town of Lyttelton District,
Mr. Isaac Thomas Cookson.

For the Town of Christchurch District,
Mr. William Wilson.

For the Papanui District,
Mr. William Thomson.

For the Port Victoria District,
Mr. W. Hawkshaw Percival.

For the Avon and Heathcote District,
Mr. J. Brittan.

For the Riccarton District,
Mr. Robert Harrison.

For the Lincoln District,
Mr. Robert Rickman.

For the Middle Pastoral District,
Mr. G. A. E. Ross.

For the South Pastoral District,
Mr. Robert Heaton Rhodes.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1856, No 12





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🏛️ Warning Against Encroachment on Town Reserves

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 May 1856
Encroachment, Town Reserves, Banks, Ditches
  • JOSEPH BRITTAN, Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Appointment of Returning Officers under the Roads Ordinance

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
6 June 1856
Appointments, Returning Officers, Roads Ordinance
9 names identified
  • Isaac Thomas Cookson (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Lyttelton District
  • William Wilson (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Christchurch District
  • William Thomson (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Papanui District
  • W. Hawkshaw Percival (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Port Victoria District
  • J. Brittan (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Avon and Heathcote District
  • Robert Harrison (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Riccarton District
  • Robert Rickman (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Lincoln District
  • G. A. E. Ross (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for Middle Pastoral District
  • Robert Heaton Rhodes (Mr), Appointed Returning Officer for South Pastoral District

  • JOSEPH BRITTAN, Provincial Secretary