Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 23

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✨ Provincial Government Notices

proclaim and declare that the aforesaid Bill
has been laid before his Excellency the
Governor, and that his Excellency has
assented to the same.

Given under my hand at Christchurch,
this 18th day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

F. E. STEWART,
Deputy-Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Edwd. Jollie,
Provincial Secretary.

Province of Canterbury, do hereby, with
the advice of the Executive Council, signify
my assent to the levying of the said Rate,
in accordance with the Twenty-eighth Clause
of the above-mentioned Ordinance.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch,
this Eighteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

F. E. STEWART,
Deputy-Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Edwd. Jollie,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation, dated
the Twenty-ninth day of October,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four,
the ‘Town of Kaiapoi’ was constituted a
Municipal District under the “Municipal
Council Ordinance, Session XIV., No. 2.”
And whereas the Council duly elected
under the provisions of the said Ordinance
for the said district have agreed to levy a
Rate of One Shilling in the Pound:

Now, therefore, I, FRANCIS EDWARD
STEWART, Deputy-Superintendent of the
Province of Canterbury, do hereby, with
the advice of the Executive Council, signify
my assent to the levying of the said Rate.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

THE Offices of the Provincial Govern-
ment will be CLOSED on MONDAY,
the 25th Instant, in honour of the Birthday
of Her Majesty the Queen.

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 18th May, 1868.

CHRISTCHURCH:

Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the Lyttelton
Times Office, Gloucester street, by CROSBIE WARD and WILLIAM REEVES, Official Printers for the same
being to the said Government.

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VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 23

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🏛️ Proclamation of Assent to Bill (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated18 May 1868
KeywordsProclamation, Executive Council Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1864, Governor's assent
👩‍💼 Officials

F. E. Stewart, Deputy-Superintendent
Edwd. Jollie, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Assent to Levying of Rate

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated18 May 1868
KeywordsRate levying, Executive Council Ordinance, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

F. E. Stewart, Deputy-Superintendent
Edwd. Jollie, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Proclamation of Municipal District Rate

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsMunicipal Council Ordinance, Kaiapoi, Rate levying
👩‍💼 Officials

Francis Edward Stewart, Deputy-Superintendent

🏛️ Public Notice of Office Closure

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated18 May 1868
KeywordsOffice closure, Queen's Birthday
👩‍💼 Officials

Edwd. Jollie, Provincial Secretary

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