Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 8

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✨ Proclamations and Notices



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,

THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. X. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863. [No. VIII.]

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the Third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury did Prorogue the Provincial Council of the said Province till the Fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the said Provincial Council did stand prorogued accordingly.

Now therefore I, Samuel Bealey, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby further prorogue the said Provincial Council until WEDNESDAY, the FIFTEENTH day of JULY next; and I do accordingly hereby summon the said Provincial Council to meet for the dispatch of business in the Council Chamber, at Christchurch, on Wednesday, the Fifteenth day of July next, at Two o’clock, p.m.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, the Second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent of Canterbury.

NOTICE.

“Arms Act Continuance Act, 1862.”
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 2nd June, 1863.

His Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following dispatch from His Honor the Superintendent of Taranaki:—

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth,
Circular No. 84.
7th May, 1863.

Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that a Taranaki Native named Te Meiha, or Big Jack (large boned, formerly a whaler, speaks bad English), left this, overland two or three weeks ago, and is reported to have gone South with several hundred pounds to purchase Powder, Caps, Guns, &c.

I would suggest for your consideration the desirability of steps being taken to prevent any breach of the Arms Act in your Province by Te Meiha or any other Native.

I have the honor, &c.
(Signed) CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

It is requested that all persons concerned in the “Importation, Sale and other Disposition of Arms, Gunpowder, and Warlike Stores,” will take every precaution to prevent a breach of the above Act.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Vol. X., No. 8.

CHRISTCHURCH: PRINTED AT THE UNION PRINTING OFFICE, GLOUCESTER STREET, BY MESSRS. WARD AND REEVES, OFFICIAL PRINTERS TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CANTERBURY.



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🏛️ Prorogation of Provincial Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
2 June 1863
Prorogation, Provincial Council, Christchurch
  • Samuel Bealey, Superintendent of Canterbury

⚖️ Notice regarding Arms Act Continuance Act

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
2 June 1863
Arms Act, Native, Purchase of Arms
  • Te Meiha, Reported to purchase arms

  • Thomas William Maude, Provincial Secretary
  • Charles Brown, Superintendent of Taranaki