Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 7

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✨ Provincial Government Appointments and Legislation

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, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1857. No. 7.

Superintendent's Office,

Nelson, March 12, 1857.

I HEREBY notify that S. L. Muller, Esquire, has this day resigned the office of Provincial Secretary.

J. P. ROBINSON,
Superintendent.

Provincial Secretary's Office,

Nelson, March 17, 1857.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

ALFRED GREENFIELD, Esquire,

Secretary, pro tem., for the Province of Nelson; the appointment to date from the 12th instant.

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

Provincial Secretary's Office,

Nelson, March 17, 1857.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs that the following bills, about to be brought before the Provincial Council at its next sitting, be published for general information.

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

PUBLIC RESERVES BILL.

Title.—A Bill to authorize the Superintendent to Lease certain Lands granted for Public Purposes in the Province of Nelson.

Preamble.—Whereas, by an Act passed in the second session of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Public Reserves Act, 1854," it is amongst other things enacted that it should be lawful for the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice of his Executive Council, at any time and from time to time after the passing of that Act, in the name and on the behalf of her Majesty, to grant to the Superintendent of each Province in New Zealand and his successors, all such estate and interest as her Majesty then had or might have in all or any lands within such Province, forming part of the demesne lands of the Crown, which should have been at any time theretofore, and then were or might thereafter be, reserved or set apart for purposes of public utility within the said Province, except as therein mentioned : And it is also enacted, that every Superintendent of a Province in whom any such lands should become vested should hold the same upon trust for the public service of such Province for the purposes specified in such grant, with as full power to dispose of and manage the same for such purposes as if the same were vested absolutely in such Superintendent, subject nevertheless to the provisions therein contained : And it is fur-

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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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🏛️ Resignation of Provincial Secretary

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated12 March 1857
KeywordsResignation, Provincial Secretary, Nelson
👱🏽 Names

S. L. Muller (Esquire), Resigned office of Provincial Secretary

👩‍💼 Officials

J. P. Robinson, Superintendent

🏛️ Appointment of Provincial Secretary pro tem

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated17 March 1857
KeywordsAppointment, Provincial Secretary, Nelson
👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary, pro tem

🏛️ Publication of Public Reserves Bill

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated17 March 1857
KeywordsLegislation, Public Reserves Bill, Provincial Council, Nelson
👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary, pro tem

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