Hotel License Conditions




  1. All the premises to be kept in good
    repair. To provide in his house
    besides the tap-room, or room an-
    swering as such, one public and
    one private sitting-room.

  2. Not less than fifteen beds for travellers,
    in not less than seven separate
    bed-rooms.

  3. To provide a shed sufficiently weather-
    tight and fit for the accommodation
    of at least seven horses.

4, 5, 6, same as in James Main’s
Licence.

  1. To provide and keep in repair a good
    and sufficient moveable sheep-proof
    enclosure, capable of holding not
    less than 500 sheep; or, at the
    option of the licensee, to keep one
    half-acre of land enclosed by a per-
    manent sheep-proof fence.

  2. Same as in James Main’s Licence.

  3. Nil.

10, 11, 12, same as in James Main’s
Licence.

  1. Nil.

14, 15, 16, same as in James Main’s
Licence.


HASTIE, JOHN, River Hurunui, “The
Hurunui Accommodation House,
South Bank”—

  1. All the premises to be kept in good
    repair. To provide in his house
    besides the tap-room, or room an-
    swering as such, one public and one
    private sitting-room.

  2. Not less than eight beds for travel-
    lers, in not less than four separate
    bed rooms.

  3. To provide a shed sufficiently weather-
    tight, and fit for the accommodation
    of at least six horses.

4, 5, same as in James Main’s Licence.

  1. To provide and keep in repair a good
    and sufficient stock-yard for yoking
    up cattle.

  2. Nil.

  3. To keep a lamp burning with two
    burners from sunset to sunrise,
    giving a sufficiently bright light, and
    being so lighted as not to be
    visible from the Northern
    Bank of the Hurunui.

9, 10, 11, 12, same as in James Main’s
Licence.

  1. To keep at all times a safe ferry boat
    in good working order and ready
    for conveyance of passengers across
    the Salt Water Creek between the
    hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. in
    summer and winter. The fare for
    foot passengers to be 1d. each be-
    tween the hours above named. The
    fares to be doubled at all other
    times. Officers of the Supreme Court,
    Magistrates, and Police Constables
    on duty, and prisoners to be ferried
    free of charge. To afford every as-
    sistance in his power in directing
    strangers to a safe fording across
    the river.

14, 15, 16, same as in James Main’s
Licence.


LEITH, JOHN, Kowai, “Leith’s Accom-
modation House”—

  1. All the premises to be kept in good
    repair. To provide in his house
    besides the tap-room, or room an-
    swering as such, one public and one
    private sitting-room.

  2. Not less than ten beds for travellers,
    in not less than seven separate bed-
    rooms.

  3. To provide a shed sufficiently weather-
    tight and fit for the accommodation
    of at least six horses.

4, 5, same as in James Main’s Licence.

  1. To provide and keep in repair a good
    and sufficient stock-yard for yoking
    up cattle.

7, 8, same as in James Main’s Licence.

  1. Nil.

10, 11, 12, same as in James Main’s
Licence.

  1. To keep at all times a horse for con-
    veyance of foot passengers across
    the Hurunui between the hours of
    daylight in summer and winter at
    a moderate charge. To afford every
    assistance in his power in directing
    strangers to a safe fording across
    the River.

14, 15, 16, same as in James Main’s
Licence.


J. W. HAMILTON,
Resident Magistrate.

Resident Magistrate’s Office,
Christchurch, June 1, 1860.


ERRATUM.

On the 15th line in the first column of the
42nd page for “ensure” read “issue.”



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1860, No 8





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⚖️ Conditions for Hotel License

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
1 June 1860
Hotel License, Conditions, Accommodation, Stables, Ferry
  • James Main, Reference for license conditions
  • John Hastie, Licensee for Hurunui Accommodation House
  • John Leith, Licensee for Leith's Accommodation House

  • J. W. Hamilton, Resident Magistrate