New Munster Gazette – 1851 – No. 21

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✨ Government Appointments



Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1851.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments under the Ordinance of the Legislative Council of the New Zealand Islands, intituled “The New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Ordinance,” No. 15 of Session XI.:

Francis Dillon Bell, Esquire,
to be Commissioner for the Wellington District.

John Poynter, Esquire, and
The Honourable Constantine Augustus Dillon,
to be Commissioners for the District of Nelson.

William Halse, Esquire,
to be Commissioner for the District of New Plymouth,
to carry out the provisions of the said Ordinance.

By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, August 19th, 1851.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Mr. Henry Cooper Daniell,
to be Clerk to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Nelson District. The appointment to have effect from the 1st March last.

By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1851.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor has been pleased to appoint
J. Dicken, Esquire,
to lay informations under the 1st Clause of the “Native Land Purchase Ordinance” No. 19 of Session VII., against persons acting contrary to the provisions of the said Ordinance, within the limits of the District of Akaroa.

By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1851.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments and promotions in the Customs Department of the Province of New Munster; to have effect from the dates set opposite the names of the Officers respectively:

Port of Wellington.

Mr. Edward Catchpool, to be First Landing Waiter, (18th Aug. 1851.)

Mr. Charles Sharp, to be Tide Surveyor, (1st August 1851.)

Mr. William Eades, to be Acting Clerk and Warehouse-keeper, (18th Aug. 1851.)

Mr. David Johnstone, to be Second Landing Waiter, (1st Aug. 1851.)

Mr. Robert Bannister, to be Second Clerk, (19th February 1851.)

Port Victoria.

William John Warburton Hamilton, Esquire, to be Sub-Collector (21st May, 1851), vice Henry Godfrey Gouland, Esquire, transferred to Akaroa.

Mr. John Macarthy, to be Landing Waiter, (18th August, 1851.)

Akaroa.

Henry Godfrey Gouland, Esquire, to be Sub-Collector, (1st September, 1851.)

By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Crown Lands’ Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1851.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all applications for Pasture and Timber Licences in this District, are in future to be addressed to the Undersigned.

Applicants for Cattle and Sheep Runs are particularly requested to give a detailed description of the boundaries thereof, in the form prescribed by the published “Rules and Regulations for the Issues of Licences”; and wherever practicable, to send in a plan or sketch of the land applied for.

Copies of the Regulations and printed Forms of Application may be obtained at this Office.

F. D. Bell,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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🗺️ Appointment of Land Claimants Commissioners

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 August 1851
Commissioners, Land Claims, Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth
  • Francis Dillon Bell (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner for Wellington District
  • John Poynter (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner for Nelson District
  • Constantine Augustus Dillon (Honourable), Appointed Commissioner for Nelson District
  • William Halse (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner for New Plymouth District

  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🗺️ Appointment of Clerk to Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 August 1851
Clerk, Crown Lands, Nelson District
  • Henry Cooper Daniell (Mr.), Appointed Clerk to Commissioner of Crown Lands for Nelson District

  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🪶 Appointment to Enforce Native Land Purchase Ordinance

🪶 Māori Affairs
19 August 1851
Native Land Purchase, Enforcement, Akaroa
  • J. Dicken (Esquire), Appointed to enforce Native Land Purchase Ordinance in Akaroa

  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🏭 Customs Department Appointments and Promotions

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
18 August 1851
Customs, Appointments, Promotions, Wellington, Port Victoria, Akaroa
8 names identified
  • Edward Catchpool (Mr.), Appointed First Landing Waiter, Port of Wellington
  • Charles Sharp (Mr.), Appointed Tide Surveyor, Port of Wellington
  • William Eades (Mr.), Appointed Acting Clerk and Warehouse-keeper, Port of Wellington
  • David Johnstone (Mr.), Appointed Second Landing Waiter, Port of Wellington
  • Robert Bannister (Mr.), Appointed Second Clerk, Port of Wellington
  • William John Warburton Hamilton (Esquire), Appointed Sub-Collector, Port Victoria
  • John Macarthy (Mr.), Appointed Landing Waiter, Port Victoria
  • Henry Godfrey Gouland (Esquire), Appointed Sub-Collector, Akaroa

  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🗺️ Notice for Pasture and Timber Licence Applications

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
19 August 1851
Licences, Pasture, Timber, Applications, Regulations
  • F. D. Bell, Commissioner of Crown Lands