Legislation and Government Appointments




them and the said Association or other Persons, with respect to the Enjoyment of the Rights conferred by such Licences, to decide and determine such Disputes; and every such Decision and Determination of the said Association shall be final and conclusive, and binding upon the Parties affected thereby.

Further Grants of Land to be subject to prior Provisions respecting the Settlement.

XI. That if at any time during the continuance of the Powers of the said Association Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, shall authorize the Governor for the time being of the Colony of New Zealand to grant, under the public Seal of the said Colony, any other Waste Lands in the said Colony, or shall otherwise declare, such declaration to be signified by writing under the hand of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, that any other lands therein situate shall be added to the lands comprised in the said Settlement, all such lands shall thereupon become part and parcel of the said Settlement, and the said Association shall thenceforth have over all such lands the same disposing and all other powers and authorities as they shall have over the lands then comprised in the said Settlement, and all such lands shall be thereupon dealt with and disposed of by the said Association in the same manner, and under the same restrictions, and considered in all respects, as if the same had originally formed part of the Settlement, and had been included in the Provisions of the said recited Act and of this Act.

Extent of Act.

XII. That this Act shall extend to and be in force in the said Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1852.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Customs Department of the Province of New Munster:

Port of Wellington.

MR. CHARLES EDWARD COOPER,
to be Clerk and Warehouse Keeper.

Port of Nelson.

MR. ARCHIBALD HITCHINS SPICER,
to be Clerk and Warehouse Keeper.

Both appointments to date from the day of entering upon their duties.

By His Excellency’s command,

ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.


AMOUNT OF THE NOTES IN CIRCULATION AT THE OFFICE OF THE “COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE” AT WELLINGTON, ON THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1852.

Amount of Notes in Circulation on the 10th day of January, 1852, being the close of the preceding four weeks:

£5 and upwards........ £ 925 0 0
Under £5 ............ 6863 0 0
Total ............... 7788 0 0

Total Amount of Coin held at the said Office, on the same day:

Gold.................. £1866 0 0
Silver ................ 1922 0 0
Total ............... £3788 0 0

I, HENRY W. PETRE, Colonial Treasurer, do certify that the above is a true Account as required by the Ordinance No. 16, Session 8.

Colonial Treasury,
Wellington, 12th January, 1852.

HENRY W. PETRE,
Colonial Treasurer.


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.

Printed at the “Independent” Office.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ An Act to alter and amend an Act empowering the Canterbury Association to dispose of certain Lands in New Zealand (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 August 1851
Legislation, Canterbury Association, Land Disposal, Byelaws, Amendments

🏭 Appointments in the Customs Department of the Province of New Munster

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
16 January 1852
Appointments, Customs Department, New Munster, Port of Wellington, Port of Nelson
  • Charles Edward Cooper (Mr), Appointed Clerk and Warehouse Keeper at Port of Wellington
  • Archibald Hitchins Spicer (Mr), Appointed Clerk and Warehouse Keeper at Port of Nelson

  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

💰 Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Colonial Bank of Issue

💰 Finance & Revenue
12 January 1852
Currency, Notes in Circulation, Colonial Bank of Issue, Wellington
  • Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer

💰 Investment of Public Funds in England

💰 Finance & Revenue
Investment, Public Funds, England, Commissariat Department
  • Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer