Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 10

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✨ Provincial Notices and Returns

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

(PROVINCE OF NELSON).

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 may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

VOL. V. NELSON, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1857. No. 10.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

NELSON HARBOUR LIGHT.

ON and after Monday, the 11th instant, the Red Light hitherto exhibited at the entrance of the Harbour will be discontinued, and a WHITE LIGHT substituted in the same position.

JAMES S. CROSS,
Harbour Master.

Harbour Office, Nelson,
May 6th, 1857.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 20th April, 1857.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Waste Lands Regulations, notice is hereby given that the undermentioned Claim will be heard at the Office of His Honor the Superintendent, on MONDAY, the 8th of June next, at Noon :—

George Macrae ... To a Block of Land at the western end of his Run at the Awatere, bounded by the White Cliff River.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Commissioner.

APPLICATIONS for Depasturage Licenses, in accordance with the Land Regulations of July 1st, 1856, received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, during the month of MARCH, 1857.

Thomas Carter ... District—The Clarence.
Boundaries—On the South, by the Valley of the Styx and Leaderdale, and extending up the Clarence, including the whole valley to Lake Tennyson.
Estimated extent—Under Ten Thousand Acres (10,000).
Deposit paid—£15.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Commissioner.

Land Office, Nelson,
April, 1857.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, May 11, 1857.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following RETURNS for general information.

By his Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary, pro tem.

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The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

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🚂 Notice to Mariners regarding Nelson Harbour Light

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated6 May 1857
KeywordsHarbour Light, Nelson, Navigation, Mariners
👩‍💼 Officials

James S. Cross, Harbour Master

🗺️ Notice of land claim hearing at the Superintendent's Office

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 April 1857
KeywordsLand claim, Awatere, White Cliff River, Waste Lands Regulations
👱🏽 Names

George Macrae, Claimant for a block of land at the Awatere

👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Domett, Commissioner

🗺️ Applications for Depasturage Licenses received in March 1857

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsDepasturage Licenses, Land Regulations, The Clarence, Pastoral land
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Carter, Applicant for depasturage license in the Clarence district

👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Domett, Commissioner

🏛️ Direction to publish returns for general information

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated11 May 1857
KeywordsProvincial Returns, Publication
👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary

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