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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.] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1856. [No. XIX.
NOTICE.
New Zealand to Wit: Province of Canterbury.
WHEREAS a Writ, under the hand of Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the most honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c., bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, hath been directed to me, Charles Christopher Bowen, Esquire, as Returning-Officer for the Town of Christchurch, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected, by and from amongst the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently and in manner and form by law prescribed, One Person to serve as a member of the House of Representatives, for the said Town of Christchurch, in the Room of Henry Sewell, Esquire, resigned:
Now therefore I, the said Charles Christopher Bowen, Esquire, Returning Officer for the said Town of Christchurch, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the Electors of the said Town of Christchurch will be holden at the Offices of the Provincial Government, in the said Town of Christchurch, on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating One Person to serve as a member of the House of Representatives, for the said Town of Christchurch; and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Wednesday, the 19th day of November next, in the lobby of the Provincial Council Chamber, at Christchurch: the voting to commence at any time after nine o’clock a.m. of the said day, and to close at four o’clock p.m., of the same day.
Charles Christopher Bowen,
Returning Officer.
Government Offices, Christchurch,
October 10, 1856.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
October 7th, 1856.
NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the Waste Lands Board will be held at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday next the 14th inst., at 12 o’clock, at noon, to hear a case of disputed title.
By order of the Superintendent,
Joseph Brittam,
Provincial Secretary.
PRINTED BY J. WILLIS AT THE "STANDARD" OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1856, No 19
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🏛️ Notice of Election for Christchurch Member of House of Representatives
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration10 October 1856
Election, House of Representatives, Christchurch, Nominations, Polling
- Henry Sewell (Esquire), Resigned member of House of Representatives
- Charles Christopher Bowen (Esquire), Returning Officer for election
- Charles Christopher Bowen, Returning Officer
🗺️ Notice of Special Meeting of Waste Lands Board
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey7 October 1856
Waste Lands Board, Meeting, Disputed Title, Christchurch
- Joseph Brittam, Provincial Secretary