New Zealand Gazette – 1854 – No. 4

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✨ Government Appointments



Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
10th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
FRANCIS DART FENTON, Esqr.
to be a Resident Magistrate and Sub-Col-
lector of Customs at Kaipara.
This appointment is to bear date from the
20th ultimo.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland
10th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN POYNTER, Esqr. of Nelson,
to be a Resident Magistrate.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland
13th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
appoint
G. M. MITFORD, Esqr.,
to be Sub-Collector of Customs and Post-
master at Kawhia.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
13th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
appoint
GEORGE SISSON COOPER, Esqr.,
and
JOHN GRANT JOHNSON, Esqr.

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to be Sub-Commissioners for the purchase of
Lands from the Natives.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland
10th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
appoint
WALTER HARSANT, Esqr.,
to be a Resident Magistrate and Colonial
Surgeon for the district of Waikato.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
8th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM LEECH, Esqr.,
to be Collector of Customs for the Province
of New Plymouth.
By His Excellency's command
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
15th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to direct that the names of the
following gentlemen should be added to the
Commission of the Peace for the Province of
Auckland.
GEORGE FORSTER SADLIER, Esq., and
ROBERT KELLY, Esq.
These appointments to date from the 22nd
December, 1853.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Printed and Published by WILLIAMSON & WILSON, for the New Zealand Government.




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🏛️ Appointment of Resident Magistrate and Sub-Collector of Customs at Kaipara

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 February 1854
Appointments, Resident Magistrate, Sub-Collector of Customs, Kaipara
  • Francis Dart Fenton (Esquire), Appointed Resident Magistrate

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Resident Magistrate at Nelson

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 February 1854
Appointments, Resident Magistrate, Nelson
  • John Poynter (Esquire), Appointed Resident Magistrate

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Customs Collector and Postmaster at Kawhia

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 February 1854
Appointments, Sub-Collector of Customs, Postmaster, Kawhia
  • G. M. Mitford (Esquire), Appointed Sub-Collector and Postmaster

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Sub-Commissioners for Native Land Purchase

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 February 1854
Appointments, Sub-Commissioners, Land Purchase, Natives
  • George Sisson Cooper (Esquire), Appointed Sub-Commissioner
  • John Grant Johnson (Esquire), Appointed Sub-Commissioner

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Resident Magistrate and Colonial Surgeon for Waikato

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 February 1854
Appointments, Resident Magistrate, Colonial Surgeon, Waikato
  • Walter Harsant (Esquire), Appointed Resident Magistrate and Surgeon

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Collector of Customs for New Plymouth Province

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
8 February 1854
Appointments, Collector of Customs, New Plymouth
  • William Leech (Esquire), Appointed Collector of Customs

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

⚖️ Additions to Commission of the Peace for Auckland Province

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
15 February 1854
Appointments, Justice of the Peace, Auckland
  • George Forster Sadlier (Esquire), Added to Commission of the Peace
  • Robert Kelly (Esquire), Added to Commission of the Peace

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary