Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 50

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✨ Government Proclamations and 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. XV. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1868. No. L.

PROCLAMATION.

By WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, did Prorogue the Provincial Council till the Thirtieth day of October, and the said Provincial Council did stand prorogued accordingly.

Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, the Superintendent as aforesaid, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in this behalf, do hereby further prorogue the said Provincial Council until Friday, the Thirtieth day of November next.

Given under my hand and seal this Fifteenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
Superintendent of Canterbury.

By His Honor’s command,
EDWD. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 51, Oct. 10, 1868.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

[JUDICIAL BRANCH]
Wellington, 5th Oct., 1868.

NOTICE TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

JUSTICES of the Peace resident within each District now constituted, or hereafter to be constituted, under “The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,” are referred to the 7th Section of that Act, and requested to agree among themselves as to the most convenient time and place within their District for the Meeting required by the Act, in order that the Government may, upon being informed thereof, issue the necessary Proclamations.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Vol. XV., No. 50.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 50

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.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Prorogation of Provincial Council

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated15 October 1868
KeywordsProvincial Council, Prorogation, Canterbury
👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of Canterbury
EDWARD JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary

⚖️ Notice to Justices of the Peace

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated5 October 1868
KeywordsJustices of the Peace, Petty Sessions Act, District Meetings
👩‍💼 Officials

E. W. STAFFORD

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