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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1861.
A PROCLAMATION,
For bringing Weights and Measures Ordi-
nance into operation within a portion of
the Province of Otago.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS it is expedient to bring into
operation within a portion of the Pro-
vince of Otago the Ordinance for establishing
standard Weights and Measures, and for the
prevention of the use of such as are false and
deficient, Session vii., No. 10,
Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise of
the power and authority in me vested in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and appoint that
from the twenty-second day of June, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the
operation of the said Ordinance shall extend
to all that territory situate in the Province
of Otago, in the said colony, bounded on
the North West by a right line from the
North Trigonometrical Station, Blueskin
Bay, to the Trigonometrical Station on
Double Hill, thence by a right line to the
Trigonometrical Station on Swampy Hill,
thence by a right line to the Trigonometrical
Station on Flagstaff Hill, Wakari, thence by a
right line to the North West corner of Subur-
ban Section No. 41, Wakari District, thence
by the surveyed lands to the South West
corner of Suburban Section No. 155, Wakari
District, thence by Abbot's Creek and the
Kaikorai River to the Ocean, and thence on
the South and East by the Ocean.
Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
twenty-fifth day of April,
in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one.
T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st May, 1861.
THE following Despatches from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, are published for general
information.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Downing Street,
5th February, 1861.
SIR,-I transmit to you a copy of a letter
from Lord Elcho, the Chairman of the
Council of the National Rifle Association,
informing me that in accordance with Her
Majesty's desire, Colonial Volunteers will be
entitled to compete for the Queen's Prize at
their Annual Prize Meeting upon the same
terms as the Volunteers of Great Britain, and
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NZ Gazette 1861, No 21
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🏘️ Proclamation bringing Weights and Measures Ordinance into operation in part of Otago
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government25 April 1861
Proclamation, Weights and Measures, Ordinance, Otago Province, Boundaries, Operation date
- Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
- E. W. STAFFORD, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Publication of Despatches regarding Colonial Volunteers and Queen's Prize
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 May 1861
Despatches, Secretary of State for the Colonies, National Rifle Association, Colonial Volunteers, Queen's Prize
- Elcho (Lord), Chairman of Council of National Rifle Association
- E. W. STAFFORD, Colonial Secretary