Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1860 – No. 6

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✨ Proclamation and Appointments



PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance of the
Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entitled
the "Trespass of Cattle Ordinance,"
Session XII, No. 1, it is enacted that
it shall be lawful for the Superintendent
from time to time, by notice in the
‘Government Gazette’ of the Province, to
nominate and appoint fit persons to be Arbitrators under the provisions of the said Ordinance, and to cause Public Pounds to be
erected and maintained within the province,
and by writing under his hand to appoint fit
and proper persons to be Pound-keepers, and
to remove the same and appoint others in
their stead.

Now therefore I, WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE,
the Superintendent of the said
province, in pursuance of the provisions of
the above recited Ordinance, enabling me in
that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare
that all persons heretofore appointed to act
in accordance with the provisions of certain
Ordinances, entitled "The Trespass of Cattle
Ordinance," Session II, No. 7; and "The
Trespass of Cattle Amendment Ordinance,"
Session X, No. 4, shall be deemed and taken
to be Arbitrators and Pound-keepers within
the meaning of the Ordinance first above
recited; and all places or enclosures heretofore by law erected and maintained for the
impounding of cattle under the said Ordinance, shall be deemed and taken to be Public
Pounds within the meaning of "The Trespass
of Cattle Ordinance," Session XII, No. 1.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this twenty-fourth day
of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty.

WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

By his Honor’s command,
CHARLES ROBERT BLAKISTON,
Provincial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

The following gentlemen are the Arbitrators referred to in the foregoing Proclamation:

  • Mr. William Wilson,
  • Mr. John Stace,
  • Mr. Richard Woodford,
  • Mr. George Drury,
  • Mr. Richard Turnbull,
  • Mr. Thomas Adams,
  • Mr. James Rule.

THE POUNDKEEPERS.

  • Mr. James Cotton, at Christchurch,
  • Mr. Edward Hollier, at Kaiapoi,
  • Mr. Edward Genet, at Lyttelton;

AND

THE PUBLIC POUNDS.

  • The Public Pound, at Christchurch,
  • The Public Pound, at Lyttelton,
  • The Public Pound, at Kaiapoi.

CHARLES ROBERT BLAKISTON,
Provincial Secretary.

CHRISTCHURCH: PRINTED AT THE UNION PRINTING OFFICE, GLOUCESTER STREET.




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🏘️ Proclamation regarding Arbitrators and Pound-keepers

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
24 April 1860
Proclamation, Arbitrators, Pound-keepers, Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, Canterbury
10 names identified
  • William Wilson (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • John Stace (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • Richard Woodford (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • George Drury (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • Richard Turnbull (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • Thomas Adams (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • James Rule (Mr), Appointed Arbitrator
  • James Cotton (Mr), Appointed Pound-keeper at Christchurch
  • Edward Hollier (Mr), Appointed Pound-keeper at Kaiapoi
  • Edward Genet (Mr), Appointed Pound-keeper at Lyttelton

  • WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Superintendent
  • CHARLES ROBERT BLAKISTON, Provincial Secretary