Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 30

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✨ Electoral Roll and Official Notice

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,
RICHARD PACKER,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. IV.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1857. [No. XXX.

ELECTORAL ROLL

FOR
THE PORT VICTORIA DISTRICT.
1857-58.

A.

Alport, Augustus James, Canterbury street, merchant, freehold, 50 acre section, 193
Anderson, John, Lyttelton, carpenter, householder
Arthur, Zechariah, Jackson road, gardener, occupier and freeholder, Jackson road
Ashby, Joseph, Gollan's bay, dairyman, leasehold
Ashton, Philip, Governor's bay, riding-master, freehold
Ashworth, James, Rhodes' bay, laborer, householder

B.

Bamford, John Dean, Bridle path, articled clerk, freehold and householder
Barker, Alfred Charles, Worcester street, medical practitioner, freehold
Bayfeild, Arthur, Canterbury street, druggist, freehold
Beechy, Frederick, Governor's bay, farmer, householder and freehold

Beechy, George, Governor's bay, farmer, household and freehold
Beechy, Henry William, Governor's bay, gentleman, freehold
Bevins, John, Hawkhurst road, near Lyttelton, laborer, householder
Birdland, William, Waikaka, stock-owner, freehold
Birdling, William, Kaituna, stock-owner, freehold
Blatchford, William, Gibbie's flat, schoolmaster, leasehold and householder
Bloor, Adam, Governor's bay, laborer, freehold and householder
Bradley, Thomas, London street, warehouseman, leasehold and freehold, Dampier's bay
Butler, George, Head of the Bay, boatman, leasehold

C.

Calvert, Christopher Alderson, Oinitali, Lyttelton, and Christchurch, Barrister-at-law, Deputy Registrar at Canterbury of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Registrar of Canterbury, fee-

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🏛️ Official Notification regarding Gazette communications

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsOfficial Communications, Public Notifications, Provincial Secretary
👩‍💼 Officials

Richard Packer, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Electoral Roll for the Port Victoria District, 1857-58

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsElectoral Roll, Port Victoria District, Voters, 1857-58
👱🏽 Names

20 names identified

Augustus James Alport, Elector, Port Victoria District
John Anderson, Elector, Port Victoria District
Zechariah Arthur, Elector, Port Victoria District
Joseph Ashby, Elector, Port Victoria District
Philip Ashton, Elector, Port Victoria District
James Ashworth, Elector, Port Victoria District
John Dean Bamford, Elector, Port Victoria District
Alfred Charles Barker, Elector, Port Victoria District
Arthur Bayfeild, Elector, Port Victoria District
Frederick Beechy, Elector, Port Victoria District
George Beechy, Elector, Port Victoria District
Henry William Beechy, Elector, Port Victoria District
John Bevins, Elector, Port Victoria District
William Birdland, Elector, Port Victoria District
William Birdling, Elector, Port Victoria District
William Blatchford, Elector, Port Victoria District
Adam Bloor, Elector, Port Victoria District
Thomas Bradley, Elector, Port Victoria District
George Butler, Elector, Port Victoria District
Christopher Alderson Calvert (Deputy Registrar at Canterbury of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Registrar of Canterbury), Elector, Port Victoria District

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