Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 31

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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,
EDWARD JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. XIII.] TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1866. [No. XXXI.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, April 10, 1866.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that

RICHARD JAMES STRACHAN HARMAN, Esq.,

has resigned the office of Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board.

EDW. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, April 10, 1866.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS EDWARD STEWART, Esq.,

to be a Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board, vice Richard James Strachan Harman, Esq., resigned.

EDW. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

COMPENSATION COURT.

Auckland, March 23, 1866.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Compensation Court will be holden at New Plymouth, on Friday, the 1st of June next, and following days, for the purpose of hearing and determining the claims of persons to compensation on account of the taking, under the authority of the “New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,” of the blocks of land in the Province of Taranaki hereunder described:

WAITARA SOUTH.

All that block of land at Taranaki, bounded on the north by the sea, on the east by the Waitara River, from its mouth to the junction of the Manganui River, on the south by a straight line from the junction of the Manganui and Waitara Rivers to Tururutongi on the Waiongana River, and on the west by a straight line to the sea at Waitaha, excepting lands within the above described boundaries held under grants from the Crown.

OAKURA.

Bounded on the north by the sea, on the east by the Omata block, from the sea to where the boundary of the Omata block is cut by the Native path running between the Patua and Ponekai Ranges, thence by a straight line running between the two above named ranges till it cuts the Hangatahua River, thence by the Hangatahua River to the sea, except the block of land known by the name of the Tataraimaka Block.

A. J. DICKEN,
Chief Clerk.

KOOTI MO NGA WHENUA KUA TANGOHIA.

Akarana, 23 Maehe, 1866.

HE Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai, ka noho te Kooti Whakawa Whenua ki Taranaki, a te Paraire te 1 o nga ra o Hune;

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 31

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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🏘️ Resignation from Waste Lands Board

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated10 April 1866
KeywordsResignation, Waste Lands Board, Canterbury
👱🏽 Names

Richard James Strachan Harman (Esquire), Resigned as Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board

👩‍💼 Officials

EDW. JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Appointment to Waste Lands Board

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated10 April 1866
KeywordsAppointment, Waste Lands Board, Canterbury
👱🏽 Names

Francis Edward Stewart (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board

👩‍💼 Officials

EDW. JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary

⚖️ Compensation Court Notice

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated23 March 1866
KeywordsCompensation Court, Land Claims, Taranaki
👩‍💼 Officials

A. J. DICKEN, Chief Clerk

⚖️ Kooti Mo Nga Whenua Kua Tangohia

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated23 March 1866
KeywordsLand Court, Taranaki, Māori Land
👩‍💼 Officials

A. J. DICKEN, Chief Clerk

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