✨ Government Appointments and Financial Reports
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1851.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF has been pleased to appoint
James Edward Fitzgerald, Esq.,
Sub-Inspector of Police at Lyttelton, to be a Magistrate of the Province of New Munster.
By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1851.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF directs it to be notified that
John Watson Esq. R. M.
has been appointed to receive claims under the “New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Ordinance” for the Settlement of Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, and the Canterbury District, and to refer the same to any Commissioner appointed under the said Ordinance.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.
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Total amount of Notes in circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 20th day of September, 1851:
Amount of Notes in circulation on the 20th day of September, 1851, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:
£5 and upwards ....................... £680
Under £5 ................................ 6138
Total ......................................... £7018
Total amount of Coin held by the same Office on the same day:
Gold ......................................... £1914
Silver ....................................... 1104
Total ......................................... £3018
I, Henry W. Petre, the Colonial Treasurer, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance, No. 16, Session 8.
Henry W. Petre,
Colonial Treasurer.
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Colonial Treasury, Wellington,
22nd day of September, 1851.
The sum of four thousand pounds has been invested, under the warrant of His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, in the public funds in England, through the Commissariat Department, by arrangements made through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.
Henry W. Petre,
Colonial Treasurer.
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Printed at the Spectator Office.
New Munster Gazette 1851, No 25
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⚖️ Appointment of Magistrate for New Munster
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement27 September 1851
Magistrate, Appointment, New Munster, Lyttelton
- James Edward Fitzgerald (Esquire), Appointed Magistrate of New Munster
- Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary
🗺️ Appointment of Claims Receiver under New Zealand Company Ordinance
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey29 September 1851
Claims Receiver, New Zealand Company, Akaroa, Canterbury
- John Watson (Esquire, R. M.), Appointed to receive land claims
- Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary
💰 Report of Colonial Bank of Issue Notes in Circulation
💰 Finance & Revenue20 September 1851
Bank Notes, Circulation, Colonial Bank, Wellington
- Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer
💰 Investment of Public Funds in England
💰 Finance & Revenue22 September 1851
Public Funds, Investment, England, Commissariat Department
- Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer