New Zealand Gazette – 1855 – No. 24

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✨ Government Appointments and Land Decisions



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Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
31st August, 1855.

HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to ap-
point

WILLIAM YOUNG, Esq.,

to be Inspector, in the place of Charles Knight,
Esq., of the Colonial Bank of Issue at Auck-
land, under the 33rd section of the "Paper
Currency Ordinance," Sess. 3, No. 16.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
28th September, 1855.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified for general information, that
Mr. MICHAEL FITZGERALD,

has been authorised and empowered to lay
complaints and informations, in terms of the
1st clause of the "Native Land Purchase
Ordinance," Sess. 7, No. 19. *

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
14th August, 1855.

IN pursuance of the 20th clause of the
"Resident Magistrates' Courts Ordi-
nance" Session 7, No. 16, I hereby select
and appoint the under-mentioned Ab-
original Native to be an Assessor for set-
tling disputes, along with the Resident
Magistrate for the Bay of Islands District;
that is to say

PENE TANI,

R. H. WYNYARD,
The Officer Administering the Govern-
ment.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland
26th September, 1855.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

LAUGHLIN O'BRIEN, Esq.,

to be principal Returning Officer in the
Province of Auckland, and also to be Re-
turning Officer for the undermentioned Elec-
toral Districts:-

The City of Auckland,
The Suburbs of Auckland,
The Northern Division.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
26th September, 1855.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

CHAS. BOWEN, Esq.,

to be principal Returning Officer in the
Province of Canterbury, and also to be Re-
turning Officer for the undermentioned
Electoral Districts: -

The Town of Christchurch,
The Christchurch Country District,
The Town of Lyttelton.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

WE, MATTHEW RICHMOND and JOHN
POYNTER, Commissioners duly ap-
pointed to hear and decide claims to land
by persons claiming title thereto, from
through or under the New Zealand Com-
pany. Do hereby decide that the persons
whose names are hereunder written and
whose claims have been referred to us by his
Honor the Superintendent, are duly entitled
to the Crown Grants for land or to the Go-
vernment Scrip, the particulars whereof are
set opposite their respective names.

Name of Claimants, No. of Claim. No. of Report. Commissioners Decision.
Herbert Evelyn Cur- 489 489 Entitled to Government
tis and Oswald scrip to the amount of
Curtis one hundred and fifty
pounds as compensation
on one allotment.
Mary FΓ©licitΓ© 490 490 Entitled to a Crown
Oliver Grant for one acre of
land, being section
numbered 338 on the
plan of the Town of
Nelson. And also to
Government scrip to
the amount of three
hundred pounds, being
one hundred and fifty
pounds in exchange for
Rural section No. 38
Aorere and one hun-
dred and fifty pounds
compensation on one
allotment.

M. RICHMOND, } Commis-
JOHN POYNTER, } sioners.

NOTICE.

A PORTION of the Building known as
Messrs. Bain & Co.'s, in Lower Queen
Street, is licensed for the reception of Goods
under bond.

WILLIAM YOUNG,
Collector.

H. M. Customs, Auckland,
24th September, 1855,



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πŸ’° Appointment of Inspector for Colonial Bank of Issue at Auckland

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
31 August 1855
Appointment, Inspector, Colonial Bank of Issue, Auckland, Paper Currency Ordinance
  • William Young (Esquire), Appointed Inspector of Bank of Issue
  • Charles Knight (Esquire), Replaced as Inspector of Bank of Issue

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

πŸͺΆ Authorization for laying complaints under Native Land Purchase Ordinance

πŸͺΆ Māori Affairs
28 September 1855
Authorization, Complaints, Native Land Purchase Ordinance
  • Michael Fitzgerald (Mr.), Empowered to lay complaints

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

βš–οΈ Appointment of Aboriginal Native Assessor for Bay of Islands District

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
14 August 1855
Appointment, Assessor, Aboriginal Native, Bay of Islands District, Resident Magistrates' Courts Ordinance
  • Pene Tani, Appointed Assessor for settling disputes

  • R. H. Wynyard, The Officer Administering the Government
  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Appointment of Returning Officer for Auckland Province and districts

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 September 1855
Appointment, Returning Officer, Auckland Province, Electoral Districts
  • Laughlin O'Brien (Esquire), Appointed principal Returning Officer

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Appointment of Returning Officer for Canterbury Province and districts

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 September 1855
Appointment, Returning Officer, Canterbury Province, Christchurch, Lyttelton
  • Chas. Bowen (Esquire), Appointed principal Returning Officer

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

πŸ—ΊοΈ Decision on New Zealand Company land claims for Curtis and Oliver

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land claims, New Zealand Company, Crown Grants, Government Scrip, Nelson
  • Herbert Evelyn Curtis, Entitled to compensation or scrip
  • Oswald Curtis, Entitled to compensation or scrip
  • Mary FΓ©licitΓ© Oliver, Entitled to Crown Grant and scrip

  • Matthew Richmond, Commissioner
  • John Poynter, Commissioner

🏭 Licensing premises of Bain & Co. for reception of goods under bond

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
24 September 1855
Customs, Bonded goods, License, Lower Queen Street, Auckland
  • William Young, Collector