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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF NEW MUNSTER.)
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures thereto 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 Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. IV.] WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1851. [No. 16.
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
IN THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF THE ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND.
Wellington, Tuesday, June 3, 1851.
Present—
His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Governor-in-Chief.
His Excellency Edward John Eyre, Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster.
And the Members as on Friday, also
The Hon. Francis Dillon Bell.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Rev. the Colonial Chaplain read prayers.
The following gentlemen, having taken the prescribed oath, took their seats:—
The Hon. Constantine Augustus Dillon,
„ William Oldfield Cautley,
„ George Cutfield.
The Minutes of the last meeting read and confirmed.
His Excellency laid on the table sundry letters, addressed to the Government, on the subject of the “Land Claimants Bill.”
Also a Memorial from certain sheep-owners and others in the district of Nelson, on the subject of the duty on tobacco used in sheep-dressing, and praying for a remission of the same.
The Colonial Secretary presented a Memorial from certain Auckland residents, on the subject of “Land Claimants Bill.”
Mr. Cautley presented a petition from certain inhabitants of the district of Nelson praying that a sum of money be granted for the completion of a bridge over the Maitai River in the said town.
Also a Memorial from residents in the same settlement, setting forth the inconvenience experienced by them from the state of certain roads, and praying attention of the Council thereto.
On the motion of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, the Auckland Land-owners memorial ordered to be printed.
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New Munster Gazette 1851, No 16
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🏛️ Journal of Proceedings in the Legislative Council
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration3 June 1851
Legislative Council, Proceedings, Oaths, Memorials, Petitions
6 names identified
- George Grey (Sir), Governor-in-Chief
- Edward John Eyre (Lieutenant-Governor), Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster
- Francis Dillon Bell (Honourable), Member of the Legislative Council
- Constantine Augustus Dillon (Honourable), Took oath and seat in Council
- William Oldfield Cautley (Honourable), Took oath and seat in Council
- George Cutfield (Honourable), Took oath and seat in Council
- Rev. the Colonial Chaplain