New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 2

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✨ Elections, Appointments, Resignations



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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereunto
annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications to Persons to whom they may relate, and are to
be obeyed accordingly.

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

VOL. IV.] AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 1856. | No. 2.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
15th January, 1856.

IN conformity with the directions of His
Excellency the Governor, it is hereby no-
tified, for general information, that Writs for
the election of Members of the House of Re-
presentatives for the undermentioned Districts
in the Islands of New Zealand having been
issued, in accordance with the provisions of
an Act to grant a Representative Constitution
to the Colony of New Zealand, the Returning
Officers for the said several Districts have re-
turned the said Writs, with certificates, to the
effect that the undermentioned gentlemen
have been duly elected to serve as Members of
the said House of Representatives for the said
several Districts.

WELLINGTON.

For the City of Wellington.
Charles Clifford, Esq.,
Isaac Earl Featherstone, Esq.
William Fitzherbert, Esq.

For the Wellington Country District.
Charles Dudley Robert Ward, Esq.

For the Hutt District.
Francis Dillon Bell, Esq.
Alfred Ludlam, Esq.

For the Wairarapa and Hawkes' Bay Dis-
trict.
Valentine J. Smith, Esq.

NELSON.

For the Wairau District.
William Wells, Esq.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
15th January, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified for general information that
the undermentioned Gentleman has resigned
his seat in the Legislative Council of the Ge-
neral Assembly.

The Honourable FRANCIS DILLON BELL, Esq.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 19th January, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
gentleman,

BENJAMIN OLIVER HODGSON.

to be a Deputy-Registrar of Births and Deaths
for the District of Nelson under the Registration
Ordinance (Session viii, No. 9).

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 19th Jan, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
gentleman to be Registrar under the Marriage
Act, 1854, for the district set opposite his name,
in the room of A. C. PICARD, Esq., deceased.

ALEXANDER LE GRAND CAMPBELL,
Registrar for District of Motueka.

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



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🏛️ Notification of Members elected to the House of Representatives

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
15 January 1856
Elections, House of Representatives, Writs, Wellington, Wairau, Wairarapa, Hawkes' Bay
8 names identified
  • Charles Clifford (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • Isaac Earl Featherstone (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • William Fitzherbert (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • Charles Dudley Robert Ward (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • Francis Dillon Bell (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • Alfred Ludlam (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • Valentine J. Smith (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives
  • William Wells (Esquire), Elected to House of Representatives

  • ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Resignation of a Member from the Legislative Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
15 January 1856
Resignation, Legislative Council, General Assembly
  • Francis Dillon Bell (Honourable Esquire), Resigned seat in Legislative Council

  • ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Deputy-Registrar of Births and Deaths for Nelson

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 January 1856
Appointment, Deputy-Registrar, Births and Deaths, Nelson District, Registration Ordinance
  • Benjamin Oliver Hodgson, Appointed Deputy-Registrar

  • ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Registrar under the Marriage Act, 1854, for Motueka

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 January 1856
Appointment, Registrar, Marriage Act, Motueka District, Replacement
  • Alexander Le Grand Campbell, Appointed Registrar for Motueka
  • A. C. Picard (Esquire), Deceased predecessor Registrar

  • ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary