Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 28

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✨ Government Notices

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures,
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,
WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. XII.] MONDAY, MAY 22, 1865. [No. XXVIII.]

PUBLIC NOTICE.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, May 16, 1865.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs
it to be notified that Wednesday, the 24th instant, will be observed as a Holiday,
in honour of Her Majesty’s Birthday;
and that the Public Offices will be closed
on that day.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor SAMUEL BEALEY, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, proclaiming a Gaol at Hokitika.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, Session VII., No. 7, intituled “An Ordinance for the Regulation of Prisons,” it is enacted that the Governor shall be lawful from time to time, as to him shall seem meet, by proclamation, to declare any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a public gaol, and after the publication of any such proclamation, such house, building, enclosure, or place, shall be deemed and taken to be a public gaol; and whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, intituled “The Empowering Ordinance, Session II., No. 2,” it is enacted that the powers conferred on the Governors of New Zealand, by the above-recited Ordinance, are within the limits of the Province of Canterbury conferred on the Superintendent thereof; and whereas it is desirable that the building now used as a lock-up on the north side of the Police Reserve at Hokitika, in the Province of Canterbury, should be proclaimed a public gaol: Now therefore, I, Samuel Bealey, Superintendent of the said Province, by virtue of the powers vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that the building aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be a public gaol.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch,
this Twenty-second day of May, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,

Christchurch, May 19, 1865.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Watermen’s and Lightermen’s Regulations for the Port of Hokitika.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

WATERMEN’S AND LIGHTERMEN’S REGULATIONS.

All watermen and lightermen engaged in this Port, shall be under the control of the Harbour Master.

Vol. 12—No. 23.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 28

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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🏛️ Public Holiday for Her Majesty’s Birthday

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated16 May 1865
KeywordsPublic Holiday, Queen's Birthday, Office Closure
👩‍💼 Officials

William Rolleston, Provincial Secretary

⚖️ Proclamation of a Gaol at Hokitika

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated22 May 1865
KeywordsProclamation, Gaol, Hokitika, Police Reserve
👩‍💼 Officials

Samuel Bealey, Superintendent
William Rolleston, Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Watermen’s and Lightermen’s Regulations for the Port of Hokitika

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated19 May 1865
KeywordsRegulations, Watermen, Lightermen, Port of Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

William Rolleston, Provincial Secretary

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