Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 15

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✨ Government Notices and Proclamations

THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

WILLIAM ADAMS,
Superintendent.

VOL. II.] FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1861. [No. 15.

PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

Superintendent’s Office, Picton,
April 15, 1861.

I HEREBY direct that the following notifications be published for general information, at the desire of the Honourable the Commissioner of Customs.

WILLIAM ADAMS,
Superintendent.

[Customs.—Governor’s Order.—No. 9.]

By his Excellency Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint that on and from the day of the date hereof there shall be, within the Province of Marlborough, a Port to be called the Port of Picton, the limits whereof shall be as follows:—The waters of Queen Charlotte’s Sound, inside of a straight line drawn due North from Point Dieffenbach, or Koutunui, at the Western entrance of Tory Channel, to the opposite shore of the Sound, together with the Town Site of Picton.

Given under my hand this Fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

(Signed) T. GORE BROWNE.

[Customs.—Commissioner’s Order.—No. 7.]

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by the “Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” I, the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby appoint that the following shall be a legal Quay, or Landing Place for the Port of Picton—

The frontage of the Town of Picton, on Newton or Waitehi Bay.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this Sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

(Signed) C. W. RICHMOND.

MARLBOROUGH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

The following address was delivered by His Honour the Superintendent, at the opening of the session of the Marlborough Provincial Council, on the 17th day of April, 1861:—

Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council:—

I am happy to meet you again, and to have the pleasure of doing so in our own Provincial Hall. I trust the plan and erection of this Hall, and the Public Offices and Goal, will meet with your approval: they have been constructed upon the system

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1861, No 15

The Marlborough Provincial Council used two modest buildings in Blenheim (depicted) as their council chambers.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Superintendent's Direction for Publication of Notifications

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated15 April 1861
KeywordsPublic Notifications, Customs, Marlborough
👩‍💼 Officials

William Adams, Superintendent

🏭 Establishment of the Port of Picton

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated5 April 1861
KeywordsPort Establishment, Customs, Picton, Marlborough
👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

🏭 Appointment of Legal Quay for Port of Picton

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated6 April 1861
KeywordsLegal Quay, Landing Place, Picton, Customs
👩‍💼 Officials

C. W. Richmond, Commissioner of Customs

🏘️ Superintendent's Address to Provincial Council

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated17 April 1861
KeywordsProvincial Council, Address, Superintendent, Marlborough
👩‍💼 Officials

William Adams, Superintendent

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