Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 20

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✨ Provincial Proclamations and Appointments

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 Honour's command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. V. NELSON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1857. No. 20.

PROCLAMATION.

By his Honour JOHN PERRY ROBINSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand.

WHEREAS, by a Proclamation of his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, bearing date the fourteenth day of July, 1857, the Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "the Resident Magistrates' Court Extension of Jurisdiction Act, 1856," was, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, brought into operation in the Town of Nelson, from and after the 1st of August, 1857: And whereas it is by the said Act provided that the Superintendent of the Province within which any such Resident Magistrate's Court shall be situated, shall, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of such Province, fix the days upon which such Court shall sit to hear and determine causes under the provisions of the said Act: Now, therefore, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Resident Magistrate's Court in the Town of Nelson will sit to hear and determine causes under the provisions of the said "Resident Magistrates' Court Extension of Jurisdiction Act, 1856," on MONDAY, the 7th day of September next, at Eleven o'clock, and on the first MONDAY of every month thereafter ensuing, at the same hour, and thence by adjournment from the aforesaid days respectively, until the business before the Court be finished.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
(Signed) J. P. ROBINSON,
Superintendent.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, August 5th, 1857.
HIS Honour the Superintendent directs it to be notified for general information that the following gentlemen have been elected under the provisions of the "Nelson Improvement Act," to form a Board of Works to carry out the said Act:—

Messrs. Charles Harley, Maxwell Bury, John Luck, Joseph Webb, Alexander Rankin, Nathaniel Edwards, and William Norgrove.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.

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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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⚖️ Proclamation fixing sitting days for the Resident Magistrate's Court

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated26 August 1857
KeywordsResident Magistrate's Court, Nelson, Court sittings, Jurisdiction Act
👩‍💼 Officials

John Perry Robinson, Superintendent

🏘️ Election of members to the Board of Works under the Nelson Improvement Act

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated5 August 1857
KeywordsBoard of Works, Nelson Improvement Act, Elections, Nelson
👱🏽 Names

7 names identified

Charles Harley, Elected to Board of Works
Maxwell Bury, Elected to Board of Works
John Luck, Elected to Board of Works
Joseph Webb, Elected to Board of Works
Alexander Rankin, Elected to Board of Works
Nathaniel Edwards, Elected to Board of Works
William Norgrove, Elected to Board of Works

👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Domett, Provincial Secretary

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