Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 57

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✨ Provincial Proclamations and Notices

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NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

(PROVINCE OF NELSON.)

Published by Authority.

All Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature hereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. XVI. NELSON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1868. No. 57.

PROCLAMATION.

By his Honor OSWALD CURTIS, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of
Nelson, in the Islands of New Zea-
land, &c., &c., &c.

I, OSWALD CURTIS, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in exercise of the power and authority in me vested in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Building now used as a PUBLIC GAOL, situated at the Town of Westport, in the said Province, shall be deemed and taken to be a PUBLIC GAOL of the Colony of New Zealand.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this 2nd day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty eight.

OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

Attested—
HENRY ADAMS,
For the Provincial Secretary.

REGISTRATION UNDER THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT.

Nelson, 30th Nov., 1868.

ALL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS who have not yet Registered their Names and Qualifications, are requested to do so IMMEDIATELY, in order that they may duly appear in the Official Register to be issued by the Medical Board in the month of December.

By order of the President of the Board,
F. W. IRVINE, M.D.,
Provincial Medical Assessor.

PDF — Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 57

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 declaring the building at Westport a Public Gaol

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated2 December 1868
KeywordsProclamation, Public Gaol, Westport, Nelson Province
👩‍💼 Officials

Oswald Curtis, Superintendent
Henry Adams, for the Provincial Secretary

🏥 Notice regarding registration of medical practitioners

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated30 November 1868
KeywordsMedical Practitioners, Registration, Medical Board
👩‍💼 Officials

F. W. Irvine, Provincial Medical Assessor

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