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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.
VOL. XIV. NELSON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1866. No. 12.
Superintendent's Office, Nelson,
April 30, 1866.
HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Report and Returns for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NELSON TRUST FUNDS, FOR THE YEAR ENDED 1st DECEMBER, 1865.
In submitting to the public the accounts of the Nelson Trust Funds for the year ended 1st December, 1865, it will be seen by looking over the annual abstract that no remarks are required with reference to the Religious Reserve Fund or the Reserve Fund, as they speak for themselves, and the Steam Fund is therefore the only one requiring special notice.
In the last annual report, 1864, it was shown that the Steam Fund was absorbed in the purchase of the steamer Nelson, and that that vessel had been leased to the Nelson and Marlborough Coast Steam Navigation Company, upon the terms mentioned therein.
The rush to the West Coast gold-diggings in December, 1864, and the following months, placed the Company under the necessity of employing the Nelson almost exclusively in the trading and passenger traffic thereby opened up, and for the maintenance and development of such traffic she was found of the greatest service.
It was whilst thus engaged that she was, in April last, unfortunately stranded on the sands at Hokitika. In consequence of this accident, and in accordance with the terms of the charter party, the lease of the steamer became void, and her entire control and management devolved upon the Trustees.
Under these circumstances, the Trustees, before taking any immediate steps for getting her off the sands, deemed it advisable to send some suitable person down to Hokitika who
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1866, No 12
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🏘️ Publication of Annual Report of the Trustees of the Nelson Trust Funds
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government30 April 1866
Nelson Trust Funds, Annual Report, Provincial Government, Nelson
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary
🏘️ Annual Report of the Trustees of the Nelson Trust Funds for the year ended 1 December 1865
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentNelson Trust Funds, Steam Fund, Steamer Nelson, Hokitika, Gold-diggings, Annual Report