Official Appointments and Notices




68
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

twenty-fourth day of January
in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two.

By His Excellency's command,
HENRY SEWELL.

G. GREY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
Lieutenant-General DUNCAN ALEXANDER
CAMERON, C.B.,
to be his Deputy in the Province of Auckland.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages for the
Districts set opposite their names as the same
are defined in Proclamations bearing date the
22nd instant, and published in this Gazette.
JOHN POYNTER, Nelson,
THOMAS WILLIAM DOWNES, Picton,
STEPHEN LUNN MILLER, Wairau.
These appointments to take effect from the
1st April, 1862.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
gentlemen to be Registrars of Births, Deaths
and Marriages, for the Districts set opposite
their names, as the same are defined in Pro-
clamations bearing date the 22nd instant, pub-
lished in this Gazette.
ROBERT PICKETT, Nelson,
THOMAS WILLIAM DOWNES, Picton,
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, Wairau.
These appointments to take effect from the
1st April, 1862.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
ROBERT PICKETT,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Mar-
riages for the District of Nelson, as the same
is defined in a Proclamation bearing date the
22nd instant, and published in this Gazette.
This appointment to take effect from 1st
April, 1862.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

GEORGE FREDERICK HARRIS
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages,
and of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the District of Ahuriri.
WILLIAM Fox

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 28th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
HUGH MCKENZIE
to be Registrar of Marriages, and Registrar of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District
of Waipu.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES MEADOWS and
JOHN CHEYNE
to be Pilots at the New River.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
The Stockade, at Mount Eden, Auckland,
The Public Gaol of the Town of New
Plymouth,
The Public Gaol of Napier,
The Public Gaol of Nelson,
The Public Gaol of Picton,
The Public Gaol of the City of Christ-
church,
The Public Gaol of the Town of Dunedin,
The Public Gaol of the Town of Inver-
cargill,
to be places for the execution of Criminals,
under the "Execution of Criminals' Act,
1858."
WILLIAM Fox.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1862.
THE Government having been informed
that attempts are being made to obtain
leases of land from aboriginal Natives, in
anticipation of the sanction of Government
being hereafter given to them, all persons are
hereby cautioned that such leases are at present
invalid and contrary to law, and that the
Government will not consider itself bound in
any way to recognize or sanction any dealings
for Waste Lands between Europeans and
Natives transacted previously to the establish-
ment of the intended system of Native Govern-
ment in the district where such lands may be
situated, nor previously to the title to such
lands being ascertained to the satisfaction of
Government, and the fulfilment of such condi-
tions as the Government may hereafter pre-
scribe in reference to such transactions.
WILLIAM Fox,
Colonial Secretary.

Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent.




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⚖️ Proclamation applying Execution of Criminals Act 1858 to Southland Province (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
24 January 1862
Proclamation, Execution of Criminals Act 1858, Southland, Closing text
  • Henry Sewell
  • G. Grey

🏛️ Appointment of Deputy Governor in Auckland Province

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 January 1862
Appointment, Deputy, Auckland Province
  • Duncan Alexander Cameron (Lieutenant-General, C.B.), Appointed Deputy in Auckland Province

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointments of Registrars of Marriages for various Districts

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 January 1862
Appointments, Registrar of Marriages, Nelson, Picton, Wairau
  • John Poynter, Appointed Registrar of Marriages
  • Thomas William Downes, Appointed Registrar of Marriages
  • Stephen Lunn Miller, Appointed Registrar of Marriages

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointments of Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 January 1862
Appointments, Registrar of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Nelson, Picton, Wairau
  • Robert Pickett, Appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Thomas William Downes, Appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Stephen Lunn Muller, Appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointment of Deputy Registrar of Marriages for Nelson District

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 January 1862
Appointment, Deputy Registrar, Marriages, Nelson
  • Robert Pickett, Appointed Deputy Registrar of Marriages

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointment of Deputy Registrar for Ahuriri District

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 January 1862
Appointment, Deputy Registrar, Ahuriri
  • George Frederick Harris, Appointed Deputy Registrar of Marriages and Births

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointment of Registrar for Waipu District

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
28 January 1862
Appointment, Registrar, Marriages, Births, Deaths, Waipu
  • Hugh McKenzie, Appointed Registrar of Marriages and Births, Deaths

  • William Fox

🏛️ Appointment of Pilots at the New River

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 January 1861
Appointment, Pilots, New River
  • James Meadows, Appointed Pilot at New River
  • John Cheyne, Appointed Pilot at New River

  • William Fox

⚖️ Places declared for execution of criminals under 1858 Act

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
27 January 1862
Execution of Criminals Act, Gaols, Auckland, New Plymouth, Napier, Nelson
  • William Fox

🪶 Caution against premature land leases from Natives

🪶 Māori Affairs
27 January 1862
Caution, Land leases, Aboriginal Natives, Waste Lands
  • William Fox, Colonial Secretary