Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 18

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✨ Provincial Notices

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, JUNE 21, 1861. [No. 18.

WARRANT CONSTITUTING ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF PICTON A PETTY SESSIONAL DISTRICT UNDER PETTY SESSIONS ACT, 1858.

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.

WHEREAS, by the “Petty Sessions Act, 1858,” the Governor is empowered from time to time, by notice in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute Petty Sessional Districts in any part of the Colony, and such Districts to abolish and the boundaries thereof to define and alter as he shall think fit:

Now, I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby constitute that portion of the Province of Marlborough which forms the Electoral District of Picton for the election of Members of the House of Representatives, to be a Petty Sessional District under the said Act, and I do hereby notify the same accordingly.

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

T. GORE BROWNE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S SOUND.

A black buoy, surmounted by a red beacon, with “Luke Rock” painted thereon, has been placed (temporarily) off the rock bearing that name.

The buoy bears (mag.) as follows:—
From Point Dieffenbach N.W. ½ N., ½ mile
Points forming Fly Bay—East, S. by W., ½ W.; West, E. ¾ N.
Bearing of Luke Rock from buoy, N.W. about one-fifth of a mile.

This rock being of great extent, strangers are cautioned against standing into Fly Bay, between the buoy and bearings given.

THOS. G. BAILLIE,
Harbour Master.

Picton, Marlborough, June 13, 1861.

PROCLAMATION

By WILLIAM ADAMS, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, to declare any House, Building, Enclosure, or Place to be a Public Gaol within such province, I do hereby proclaim and declare that the Building lately erected and known as the Gaol, in the Town of Picton, in the said Province of Marlborough, shall be a Public Gaol.

Given under my hand, this 18th day of June, 1861.

WILLIAM ADAMS,
Superintendent.

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1861, No 18

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

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Warrant Constituting Electoral District of Picton as Petty Sessional District

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated6 May 1861
KeywordsPetty Sessional District, Picton, Electoral District, Marlborough
👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

🚂 Notice to Mariners regarding Luke Rock Buoy

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated13 June 1861
KeywordsMaritime Safety, Navigation, Luke Rock, Queen Charlotte’s Sound
👩‍💼 Officials

Thos. G. Baillie, Harbour Master

⚖️ Proclamation of Public Gaol in Picton

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated18 June 1861
KeywordsPublic Gaol, Picton, Marlborough
👩‍💼 Officials

William Adams, Superintendent

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