✨ Proclamations and Appointments




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all and every of the laws, acts, or ordinances |
hithertofore made by the Governor and Legislative
Council of New South Wales, and now in force
therein, as have already been and can hereafter
during the continuance of this Ordinance, be ap-
plied within the said Colony of New Zealand,
shall be and the same are hereby adopted and
declared, and directed to be extended to and ap-
plied in the administration of jus
Colony of New Zealand, in the like manner as all
the other Law of England, and as if the same had
been repealed and re-enacted in this Ordinance.

Now, therefore Governor, in pursuance
of the power and bounty so vested in me by
the said recited acts, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that the provisions of the first recited act is
extended to the Town of Wellington, in the Dis-
trict of Port Nicholson.

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Wel
lington, this ninth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-one.

"W. HOBSON, GOVERNOR."

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

GOB SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th Sept., 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to appoint

GEORGE BUTLER EARP, Esq.,
to be a Magistrate of the Territory.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th Sept., 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to appoint

GEORGE BUTLER EARP, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Legislative Council.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th Sept., 1841.

pleased to make the following appoint-
ment under the provisions of the Act of Council,
2nd Victoria No. 2 of 1838, with reference to the
Proclamation of this day's date, extending the
provisions of the said Act to the town of Welling-
ton, viz.,

MICHAEL MURPHY, Esq., J. P.,
to be Police Magistrate of the Town of Wellington.

By bis Excellency's command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th Sept., 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. KENNETH BETHUNE
and

Mr. GEORGE HUNTER, jun.,
to be the Government Auctioneers at Wellington.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th Sept., 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to
be notified that

RICHARD DAVIES HANSON, Esq.,
Crown Prosecutor,

Is authorised to prosecute, in his own name, all
Crimes and Offences tried in the Courts of General
and Quarter Sessions for the Southern District.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

NOTICE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 10th Sept., 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs that
the following description of the bounda-
ries of the Town of Wellington be declared for
the information of the public, in reference to his
Excellency's Proclamation of this date.

On the northern side, the shores of Lambton-
Harbour from Pah Kewa to the north-eastern ex-
tremity of the Crown Reserve, near Point
Jerningham; and on all other sides, the summit
of the mountain ranges forming the entire boun-
daries of the Crown Reserve around the Town,
as shewn on the Company's Plan.

By his Excellency's command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

NOTICE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 10th Sept., 1841.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all Per-
sons who have built Houses upon, or occupy
any Public Reserve, or any Reserve for the benefit
of the Natives, are required to leave and yield up
possession of the same, within one month from the
date hereof, unless licenced to remain for a longer
period by the Police Magistrate; and that, in the
event of their neglecting or refusing so to do, the
Police Magistrate has instructions to eject them
from the ground they so occupy.

And all persons are warned not to clear, fence,
or cultivate, or build in or upon any portion of the
belt of reserved land surrounding the town.

By his Excellency's command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.



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🏘️ Extension of NSW Laws to New Zealand Colony (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
9 September 1841
Ordinance extension, New South Wales laws, Wellington, Port Nicholson, Application of law
  • W. Hobson, GOVERNOR
  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

βš–οΈ Appointment of Magistrate for the Territory

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 September 1841
Magistrate appointment, Territory
  • GEORGE BUTLER Earp (Esquire), Appointed Magistrate of the Territory

  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

πŸ›οΈ Appointment to the Legislative Council

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
9 September 1841
Legislative Council member, Appointment
  • GEORGE BUTLER Earp (Esquire), Appointed Member of Legislative Council

  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

βš–οΈ Appointment of Police Magistrate for Wellington Town

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 September 1841
Police Magistrate, Wellington, Appointment, 1838 Act
  • MICHAEL Murphy (Esquire, J.P.), Appointed Police Magistrate of Wellington

  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

🏘️ Appointment of Government Auctioneers at Wellington

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
9 September 1841
Government Auctioneers, Wellington, Appointment
  • KENNETH Bethune (Mr.), Appointed Government Auctioneer at Wellington
  • GEORGE, jun. Hunter (Mr.), Appointed Government Auctioneer at Wellington

  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

βš–οΈ Authorisation for Crown Prosecutor to conduct prosecutions

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 September 1841
Crown Prosecutor, Prosecution authority, Sessions Courts, Southern District
  • RICHARD DAVIES Hanson (Esquire), Authorised to prosecute in Sessions Courts

  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

🏘️ Declaration of boundaries for the Town of Wellington

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
10 September 1841
Town boundaries, Wellington, Lambton Harbour, Crown Reserve, Point Jerningham
  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND

πŸ—ΊοΈ Warning regarding occupation of Public and Native Reserves in Wellington

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 September 1841
Public Reserve occupation, Native Reserve, Ejection warning, Cultivation prohibition
  • WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND