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Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, the twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
PROCLAMATION.
"Execution of Criminals Act, 1858," to come into operation in the Province of Nelson.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable 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 "Execution of Criminals Act, 1858," it is enacted that the said Act shall come into operation in such part of the Colony of New Zealand as the Governor shall, by Proclamation from time to time, appoint to be Districts for that purpose.
Now, I, Sir GEORGE GREY, Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the said power, do hereby appoint and proclaim the province of Nelson to be a District within which the said Act shall, from the date hereof come into operation.
Given under my hand, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
HENRY SEWELL.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages for the districts set opposite their names as the same are defined in Proclamations bearing date the 22nd instant, and published in this Gazette.
JOHN POYNTER, Nelson,
THOMAS WILLIAM DOWNES, Picton,
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, Wairau.
These appointments to take effect from the 1st April, 1862.
WILLIAM FOX.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the Districts set opposite their names, as the same are defined in Proclamations bearing date the 22nd instant, published in this Gazette.
ROBERT PICKETT, Nelson,
THOMAS WILLIAM DOWNES, Picton,
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, Wairau.
These appointments to take effect from the 1st April, 1862.
WILLIAM FOX.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ROBERT PICKETT,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages for the District of Nelson, as the same is defined in a Proclamation bearing date the 22nd instant, and published in this Gazette.
This appointment to take effect from 1st April, 1862.
WILLIAM FOX.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
The Stockade, at Mount Eden, Auckland,
The Public Gaol of the Town of New Plymouth,
The Public Gaol of Napier,
The Public Gaol of Nelson,
The Public Gaol of Picton,
The Public Gaol of the City of Christchurch,
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1862, No 3
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Proclamation dividing territory into Registration Districts
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration22 January 1862
Registration Act 1858, Proclamation, Nelson District, Wairau District, Boundaries
- G. Grey, Governor
- William Fox, Colonial Secretary
⚖️ Proclamation bringing Execution of Criminals Act 1858 into operation in Nelson
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement24 January 1862
Execution of Criminals Act 1858, Proclamation, Nelson, Criminal Law
- Sir George Grey, Governor
- Henry Sewell, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Registrars of Marriages
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 January 1862
Registrar of Marriages, Appointment, Nelson, Picton, Wairau
- John Poynter, Appointed Registrar of Marriages for Nelson
- Thomas William Downes, Appointed Registrar of Marriages for Picton
- Stephen Lunn Muller, Appointed Registrar of Marriages for Wairau
- William Fox, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 January 1862
Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages, Appointment, Nelson, Picton, Wairau
- Robert Pickett, Appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Nelson
- Thomas William Downes, Appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Picton
- Stephen Lunn Muller, Appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Wairau
- William Fox, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Deputy Registrar of Marriages for Nelson
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 January 1862
Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Appointment, Nelson
- Robert Pickett, Appointed Deputy Registrar of Marriages for Nelson
- William Fox, Colonial Secretary
⚖️ Appointment of Gaols under the Execution of Criminals Act
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementGaols, Prisons, Execution of Criminals Act, Auckland, New Plymouth, Napier, Nelson, Picton, Christchurch