Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 49

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✨ Provincial Notices and Statistics

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XVIII. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1871. No. XLIX.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that Thursday the 9th instant, being the Anniversary of the Prince of Wales’ Birthday, the Public Offices will be closed on that day.

WALTER KENNAWAY,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, Nov. 1, 1871.

RETURN of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in the Christchurch District, for the month ending 31st Oct., 1871.

	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.
				Corresponding Month, 1870.
Births	49	51	100	57	49	106
Deaths	7	12	19	12	7	19
Marriages	--	--	19	--	--	16

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Governor hath, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to William Rolleston, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, within the said Province, so long as he shall remain Superintendent of the Province, the several powers vested in the Governor or Governor in Council by the second, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” and all the powers which by the fifth section of “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,” the Governor is authorised so to delegate:

Now therefore, I, William Rolleston, by virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare that after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, all that portion of the Middle Island of New Zealand lying North of the Hurunui River, and of a straight line from the source of that river to the County of Westland, shall be deemed to be an Infected District within the meaning of the said Acts.

And I do further proclaim and declare the following Regulations for the destruction of diseased cattle, and for the preventing and regulating the removal or transportation of cattle from the said several infected districts into the Province of Canterbury. —

Vol. XVIII., No. 49.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 49

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🏘️ Public Office Closure for Prince of Wales' Birthday

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated1 November 1871
KeywordsPublic Office Closure, Prince of Wales' Birthday, Christchurch
👩‍💼 Officials

Walter Kennaway, Provincial Secretary

🎓 Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Christchurch District

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
KeywordsBirths, Marriages, Deaths, Statistics, Christchurch

🌾 Proclamation of Infected District for Diseased Cattle

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsDiseased Cattle, Infected District, Regulations, Hurunui River, Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

William Rolleston, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury

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