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✨ Miscellaneous Notices and Orders

Excellency has been pleased to leave the same to its operation.

WILLIAM FOX.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 26th December, 1861.

THE following Flags and Signals have been approved for use at the Port of Timaru:—

HENRY SEWELL,
in the absence of Mr. Fox.

Flags.

No. 1. Blue Flag, with White Square in centre.
No. 2. Red Flag.
No. 3. White Flag, with Diagonal Red Cross.

Signals.

No. 1. Go to Sea, or Keep to Sea.
No. 2. No Communication.
No. 3. Anchor, No Danger.
No. 2-3. Go to the Large Moorings.
No. 3-2. Go to the Small Moorings.

These Signals to be answered, when understood, by the Ensign or Union Jack, with White Border, hoisted at the main.

FOR THE CUSTOMS.

GOVERNOR’S ORDER, No. 19.

Timaru appointed a Port for the Importation of Tobacco.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by the “Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint that the Port of Timaru shall be a Warehousing Port for the purposes of the “Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” and do hereby approve of the same as a Port for the Importation of Tobacco.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this Fifth day of March, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-two.

G. GREY.

G. G. Gazette, No. 13, page 112.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 6th March, 1862.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entitled:—

“The Housekeeper’s Ordinance, Sess. XVII., No. 2;”
“The Dog Nuisance Ordinance, Sess. XVII., No. 3;”
“The Superintendent’s Salary Ordinance, Sess. XVII., No. 5;”
“The Volunteer Service Ordinance, 1861, Sess. XVII., No. 7;”
“The Provincial Auditor and Deputy-Auditor’s Salaries Ordinance, Sess. XVII., No. 8;”
“Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Appropriation Ordinance, 1861-62;”
“The Canterbury Police Amendment Ordinance, 1862, Sess. XVII., No. 12;”
“The Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, No. 2, Sess. XVII., No. 13;”
“The Appropriation Ordinance, 1861-2, Sess. XVII., No. 14;”

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.

HENRY SEWELL,
in the absence of Mr. Fox.

G. G. Gazette, No. 13, page 112.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 26th March, 1862.

THE Offices of the Provincial Government will for the future be closed on Wednesdays, at 1 o’clock p.m., the day named for Parades by the Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 26th March, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, by virtue of the powers delegated to him by His Excellency the Governor, under the “Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” he has appointed the following additional polling place:—

Waimui District—Schoolhouse, Head of Akaroa Harbour.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1862, No 7

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed between 1858 and 1865 and are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence.

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🏛️ Approval of Ordinances by Governor

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated26 December 1861
KeywordsOrdinances, Approval, Canterbury Provincial Council
👩‍💼 Officials

William Fox
Henry Sewell

🚂 Flags and Signals for Port of Timaru

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated26 December 1861
KeywordsMaritime, Signals, Timaru, Flags
👩‍💼 Officials

Henry Sewell

🏭 Timaru Appointed as Port for Tobacco Importation

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated5 March 1862
KeywordsCustoms, Tobacco, Timaru, Warehousing
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey

🏛️ Approval of Canterbury Provincial Council Ordinances

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 March 1862
KeywordsOrdinances, Approval, Canterbury Provincial Council
👩‍💼 Officials

Henry Sewell

🏘️ Closure of Provincial Government Offices on Wednesdays

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated26 March 1862
KeywordsOffice Hours, Volunteers, Parades
👩‍💼 Officials

Thos. Wm. Maude

🏛️ Appointment of Additional Polling Place

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated26 March 1862
KeywordsPolling Place, Waimui District, Akaroa Harbour
👩‍💼 Officials

Thos. Wm. Maude

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