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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 5

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✨ Provincial Council Elections and Orders

Superintendent's Office,

Napier, March 10, 1863.

THE following extracts from the New Zealand Gazette, dated March 5, 1863, is republished for general information.

DONALD McLEAN,
Superintendent.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Bringing the "Crown Lands Act, 1862," into operation.

G. GREY,
Governor.

At the Government House at Auckland, the 28th day of February, 1863.
Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Crown Lands Act, 1862," it is enacted that the said Act shall come into operation in each Province of New Zealand on and from a day to be fixed by the Governor in Council, to be notified in the Government Gazette of the Colony, and also of the Province to which such notification shall apply:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order that the "Crown Lands Act, 1862," shall come into operation within each of the aforementioned Provinces of New Zealand, namely, the Provinces of Auckland, Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, on and from the sixteenth day of April next.

FOSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Members of Provincial Council elected at Hawke's Bay.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th March, 1863.

IT is hereby notified that Writs issued for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of the province of Hawke's Bay have been returned with certificates to the effect that—

For the District of the Town of Napier,
Messrs. John Alexander Smith, Alexander Kennedy, Thomas Hitchings, James Wood, and William Colenso.

For the District of Porangahau,
John Davis Ormond, Esq.,

For the District of Waipukurau,
Messrs. Sydney Johnston and John Wilkinson.

For the District of Te Aute,
Messrs. Henry Stokes Tiffen, and Edmund Tuke.

For the District of Mohaka,
Philip Dolbel, Esq.,

For the District of Clive,
Joseph Rhodes, Esq.,

For the Napier Country District,
Messrs. John Chilton Lambton Carter, and Donald McLean.

For the District of Waimarama,
Edward Spencer Curling, Esq., have been duly elected.

READER WOOL,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Donald McLean Esq. elected Superintendent of Hawke's Bay.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that the Speaker of the Provincial Council of the Province of Hawke's Bay has reported that Donald McLean, Esq., has been duly elected Superintendent of that Province, under the provisions of the "New Provinces Act, 1858."

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1863, No 5

The Hawke's Bay Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were completed in 1861 on Shakespeare Road, Napier

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Republication of Gazette Extracts

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated10 March 1863
KeywordsGazette, Republication, Napier
👩‍💼 Officials

Donald McLean, Superintendent

🗺️ Order in Council for Crown Lands Act

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 February 1863
KeywordsCrown Lands Act, Order in Council, Auckland
👩‍💼 Officials

G. Grey, Governor
Foster Goring, Clerk of Executive Council

🏘️ Members of Provincial Council Elected

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated4 March 1863
KeywordsProvincial Council, Elections, Hawke's Bay
👱🏽 Names

15 names identified

John Alexander Smith, Elected for Town of Napier
Alexander Kennedy, Elected for Town of Napier
Thomas Hitchings, Elected for Town of Napier
James Wood, Elected for Town of Napier
William Colenso, Elected for Town of Napier
John Davis Ormond (Esquire), Elected for Porangahau
Sydney Johnston, Elected for Waipukurau
John Wilkinson, Elected for Waipukurau
Henry Stokes Tiffen, Elected for Te Aute
Edmund Tuke, Elected for Te Aute
Philip Dolbel (Esquire), Elected for Mohaka
Joseph Rhodes (Esquire), Elected for Clive
John Chilton Lambton Carter, Elected for Napier Country District
Donald McLean, Elected for Napier Country District
Edward Spencer Curling (Esquire), Elected for Waimarama

👩‍💼 Officials

Reader Wood, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Superintendent of Hawke's Bay Elected

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated4 March 1863
KeywordsSuperintendent, Election, Hawke's Bay
👱🏽 Names

Donald McLean (Esquire), Elected Superintendent of Hawke's Bay

👩‍💼 Officials

Reader Wood, Colonial Secretary

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