Gold Fields Legislation & Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 399

shall fraudulently use or exhibit as his own any
miner's right, license, or lease, belonging to or
granted to any other person, or shall use or
exhibit as valid a miner's right license or lease
which shall have expired, he shall be liable to
a penalty for every such offence not exceeding
fifty pounds.
LIII. Every person committing any breach,
whether of omission or commission, of any of
the rules or regulations made under the autho-
rity of this Act, shall for every such breach be
liable to a fine or penalty not exceeding ten
pounds for the first offence, and twenty pounds
for any second or subsequent offence.—Gold
Fields Act, 1862.

On persons selling without License.
XXXVII. If any person, not being duly
licensed, shall sell any quantity of any fermented
or spirituous liquor, or permit the same to be
sold in or upon his house or premises, he shall
forfeit and pay, for every such offence, the sum
of fifty pounds, to be recovered in a summary
way.—Licensing Act.

Supplying Spirits to Natives.
I. it shall not be lawful for any person whom-
soever, either to sell, or to supply, or to give any
spirituous liquor, or mixed liquor part whereof
is spirituous, in any quantity whatever, to any
person of the Native race.—Sale of Spirits
Ordinance.

Penalty for so doing.
III. If any person shall supply or give any
such spirituous liquor, wine, or fermented
liquor, contrary to the provisions of this Ordi-
nance, he shall forfeit and pay for any such
offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds, to
be recovered in a summary way, over and
above any penalty which may be incurred for
the sale of any such liquor without a license.
Sale of Spirits Ordinance.

ORDER IN COUNCIL
Constituting Wardens' Courts within the
Otago Gold Fields.
G. GREY,
Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the
15th day of September, 1863.
Present:—
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
W HEREAS by the "Gold Fields Act,
1862," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council from time
to time to constitute for any Gold Field or for
any part thereof, Wardens' Courts for the ad-
ministration of Justice therein, and to appoint
Wardens as Judges of such Courts, with power
to act alone or with Assessors or Juries, and in
such manner, and to exercise all or any of the
powers therein after mentioned as the Governor
shall think fit to direct:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Go-
vernor, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, Doth
hereby Constitute for the respective parts or
districts after-mentioned of the Gold Fields of
the Province of Otago Wardens' Courts, for the
administration of Justice within the said districts
respectively, that is to say:—
For the district known as GABRIELS' DIS-
TRICT.
For the district known as WAITAHUNA DIS-
TRICT, including Waipori and the Woolshed.
For the district known as the DUNSTAN
DISTRICT.
For the district known as the NoΚΟΜΑΙ
DISTRICT.
For the district known as the MOUNT BENGER
DISTRICT.
FOSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council

ORDER IN COUNCIL
Appointing Wardens within the Otago Gold
Fields.
G. GREY,
Governor.
At the Government House at Auckland, the
15th day of September, 1863.
Present:—
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
W HEREAS by the "Gold Fields Act,
1862," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council from time
to time to constitute for any Gold Field, or for
any part thereof, Wardens' Courts for the ad-
ministration of Justice therein, and to appoint
Wardens as Judges of such Courts, with power
to act alone, or with Assessors or Juries, and
in such manner, and to exercise all or any of
the powers thereinafter mentioned as the
Governor shall think fit to direct:
And whereas by an Order in Council of
even date herewith there have been constituted
for certain districts of the Gold Field of the
Province of Otago Wardens' Courts, for the
administration of Justice within the said dis-
tricts respectively:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Go-
vernor, with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council of New Zealand, Doth
hereby Appoint the persons undermentioned,
being Justices of the Peace and Resident
Magistrates, that is to say.
EDWARD CROKER, Esq.
CHARLES WORTHINGTON, Esq.
JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq.
RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq.
HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq.
ALEXANDER JAMES WILLIS, Esq.
JOHN SMITH HICKSON, Esq.
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Esq., and,
EDWARD HARDCASTLE, Esq.
to be Wardens and Judges of all Wardens'
Courts now or hereafter to be constituted, with
power to them and each of them to act alone or
with Assessors or Juries, and in such manner,
and to exercise all or any of the powers men-
tioned in the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th,
25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 30th Sections of
the "Gold Fields Act, 1862," as the Governor
shall think fit to direct.
FOSTER GORRING,
Clerk of Executive Council,



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🗺️ Conclusion of Gold Fields Rules regarding fraudulent use of licenses and general breaches. (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Penalties, Miner's right, License, Lease, Gold Fields Act 1862, Breach of rules

🏭 Penalty for selling spirituous liquor without a license.

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Liquor sales, Unlicensed selling, Forfeiture, Licensing Act

🪶 Prohibition and penalty for supplying spirituous liquor to Native persons.

🪶 Māori Affairs
Spirits, Natives, Sale of Spirits Ordinance, Prohibition, Penalty

🗺️ Constitution of Wardens' Courts for various districts within the Otago Gold Fields.

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
15 September 1863
Order in Council, Wardens' Courts, Otago Gold Fields, Gabriels District, Waitahuna, Dunstan, Nokomai, Mount Benger
  • G. Grey, Governor
  • Foster Goring, Clerk of Executive Council

🗺️ Appointment of Wardens and Judges for the newly constituted Otago Gold Fields Courts.

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
15 September 1863
Order in Council, Appointment, Wardens, Judges, Otago Gold Fields, Justices of the Peace, Resident Magistrates
9 names identified
  • Edward Croker (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • Charles Worthington (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • John Nugent Wood (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • Richmond Beetham (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • Henry Wirgman Robinson (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • Alexander James Willis (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • John Smith Hickson (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • Charles Williamson (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge
  • Edward Hardcastle (Esquire), Appointed Warden and Judge

  • G. Grey, Governor
  • Foster Gorring, Clerk of Executive Council