New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 21

Page 128

✨ Financial Accounts and Notices

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RECAPITULATION, SHEWING THE BALANCES IN HAND

Province of Auckland ... ... ... ... £ s. d. 104,804 10 5
" New Plymouth ... ... ... ... ... 11,686 15 6
" Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 64,708 11 7
" Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 18,289 1 3
" Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... 49,192 9 8
" Otago ... ... ... ... ... 6412 4 1
Union Bank ... ... ... ... ... 5666 11 4 260,760 3 10
Total Recipts ... ... ... ... ...
Balance overpaid, Postmaster, New Plymouth ... 2 19 4
" Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 0 14 9 3 14 1
Balance in hand, 30th June, 1855, vide statement for that period 43,239 6 1

£304,003 4 0

Registrar-General's Office, Auckland,
May 27th, 1856.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of
the General Assembly of New Zealand,
entitled "The Marriage Act, 1854," the fol-
lowing Names of OFFICIATING MINISTERS
within the meaning of the said Act, are pub-
lished for General information:
United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend Edward H. Heywood
Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Michael D. O'Hara
" James Paul
" Augustin J. Forde
Free Church of Scotland.
The Reverend Thomas D. Nicholson

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for New
Zealand, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Names of OFFICIATING MINISTERS for 1856
have been sent in to me, in addition to the
Names in the Lists published respectively on
the 25th of January, the 19th of March, and

the 1st of May in the present year, in the
New Zealand Government Gazette
Given under my hand, at Auck-
land, this 27th day of May,
1856.
JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

NOTICE.

Port of Akaroa, Canterbury.

THE bulding owned by Mr. James Bruce
Publican, and situated on the Govern-
ment Reserve in the Town of Akaroa, imme-
diately opposite the house known as Bruce's
Hotel, has been approved for the free ware-
housing and securing of goods under Bond for
the payment of duties, according to the pro-
visions of the Customs Ordinance, No. 3,
of Session 1, 1841.

Custom House,
Port Victoria,
April 26th, 1856.
J. W. Hamilton,
Collector.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1856, No 21

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

💰 Recapitulation of Balances in Hand for Provinces and Union Bank

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
KeywordsFinancial summary, Provincial balances, Union Bank, Receipts, Overpaid

🏛️ Publication of Officiating Ministers under The Marriage Act, 1854

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated27 May 1856
KeywordsMarriage Act 1854, Officiating Ministers, Church appointments, Auckland
👱🏽 Names

Edward H. Heywood (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
Michael D. O'Hara (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
James Paul (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
Augustin J. Forde (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister
Thomas D. Nicholson (Reverend), Listed as Officiating Minister

👩‍💼 Officials

JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General

🏭 Approval of Building for Bonded Warehousing at Akaroa

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated26 April 1856
KeywordsCustoms Ordinance, Bonded warehouse, Goods securing, Akaroa, Canterbury
👱🏽 Names

James Bruce (Mr.), Owner of approved building

👩‍💼 Officials

J. W. Hamilton, Collector

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