Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 18

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✨ Provincial Proclamation

THE NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

(PROVINCE OF NELSON).

Published by Authority.

All Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereto 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. XXII. NELSON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1873. No. 18.

PROCLAMATION.

By his Honor Oswald Curtis, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Nelson, intituled, "The Nelson Highways Act, 1872," it is amongst other things enacted that for the purpose of electing Members of the Board for any district, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent from time to time, if he shall think fit, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, to divide any district or districts into sub-districts, and to apportion the number of members for the whole district between such sub-districts as he shall think proper. And whereas a certain district has been constituted under the said Act, called the Waimea District:

Now, therefore, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, pursuant to and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf by the said recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said district shall be divided into the following sub-districts, that is to say:—

Stoke
Waimea East
Spring Grove
Wakefield
Waimea West
Dovedale.

The boundaries of such sub-districts shall be as follows:—

1. Stoke.

The Northern boundary commences at the north-eastern angle of the Waimea district; thence by the boundary of the City of Nelson to the sea; thence along the sea beach and the edge of the mudflat Southward to the road between

PDF — Nelson Provincial Gazette 1873, No 18

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 dividing the Waimea District into sub-districts

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsProclamation, Waimea District, Sub-districts, Nelson Highways Act, Local Government
👩‍💼 Officials

Oswald Curtis, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson
Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary

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