✨ Delegation, Elections, JPs, Mining
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
manner and to exercise all or any of the powers
thereinafter mentioned as the Governor shall think
fit to direct :
And whereas, by the 5th section of an Act of the
General Assembly intituled “The Gold Fields’ Act
Amendment Act, 1863,” it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand
and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time
to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province or
to such other person as the Governor may deem fit,
all or any of the powers vested in the Governor, or
the Governor in Council, by section 19 of the said
Act, and to alter or revoke by said delegation.
Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in
pursuance of the power and authority for this purpose
in me vested, do hereby delegate unto
ROBERT GRAHAM, Esquire,
as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, all
the powers vested in me by the 19th section of the
“Gold Fields’ Act, 1862,” to have, hold, and exercise
within the Province of Auckland the said powers
hereby given the said Robert Graham so long
as he shall continue and remain Superinten-
dent of the said Province, and no longer, and to have,
hold, and exercise such powers subject to the Regu-
lations hereunder written namely:—
REGULATIONS.
All acts and appointments done and made by the
said Superintendent under the foregoing Delegation
shall be provisional until the same shall have been
confirmed and allowed by the Governor; and the
Governor shall have power to disallow the same.
The Superintendent shall report without dalay to
the Governor all such acts and appointments.
The Superintendent shall lay before the Provincial
Council of the said Province every such act and ap-
pointment at the Session of the said Council next
following.
The Provincial Council of the said Province may,
through their Speaker, transmit to the Governor any
resolutions respecting such act or appointment.
Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, and issued under
the seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this twenty-ninth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty-four. G. GREY.
By His Excellency’s command,
HENRY SEWELL.
Warrant appointing a Polling Place in Marlborough.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony
of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, &c., &c., &c.
To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly,
intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act,
1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor by Warrant under his hand, from time to
time, to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral
District within or without the limits thereof, and to ap-
point any one of such places to be the Principal Polling
Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling
Places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other
Polling Places in lieu thereof. And whereas by
another Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The
Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that,
subject to certain provisions therein contained, every
Election of the Superintendent or of a Member of
the Provincial Council of a Province shall be con-
ducted in the manner prescribed by “The Regula-
tion of Elections Act 1858” aforesaid, and all the
provisions of the said last mentioned Act shall apply
to the Elections of Members of Provincial Councils.
Now know ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the Go-
vernor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power
and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do
hereby appoint the following places to be Polling
Places for the District of Tua Marina, for the Elec-
tion of Members of the Provincial Council of the
Province of Marlborough, namely—
MOUNT PLEASANT.
Given under my hand, at Government House,
at Auckland, this thirty-first day of De-
cember, in the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency’s command,
FRED. A. WELD.
Justices of the Peace appointed.
Attorney General’s Office,
Auckland, 5th January, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
George Jackson Carey, Esq., Te Awamutu ;
Henry Meade Hamilton, Esq., Ngaruawahia ;
William Charles Lyon, Esq., Cambridge ;
William Moule, Esq., Hamilton ;
Philip Harington, Esq., Tauranga ;
George Lilly Mellish, Esq., Wairoa ;
Thomas McDonnell, Esq., Auckland ;
in the Province of Auckland :
George Fyffe, Esq., Kaikora ;
David Johnston, Esq., Havelock ;
Thomas Alfred Sneyd Kinnersley, Esq., Gold
Fields ;
in the Province of Marlborough :
Edward Augustus Carlyon, Esq., Wellington ;
in the Province of Wellington :
And
Frederick Edward Horneman, Esq., Massacre
Bay ;
in the Province of Nelson : to be Justices of the
Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
HENRY SEWELL.
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th December, 1864.
IN conformity with the 32nd Clause of the “Gold
Fields Act, 1862,” it is hereby notified that it is
intended to grant Leases for Gold Mining purposes
of the Crown Lands, and to the applicants specified
in the following Schedule.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Secretary for Crown Lands.
SCHEDULE.
Applicants—William Fulton, James Ritchie, James
Mann, Robert Grieve, Hosea Fraser, Andrew
Anderson, John Christie, John Johnson, William
Foxcroft, Daniel Hunter, William Edward
Farrer, and John Robert Perry.
Locality—About two miles South of the Camp
Waipori.
Area—10 acres.
Description.—In a retangular block, bearing from
Trigonometrical point M by a line 162° 31’ 79.94,
seventy-nine chains and ninety-four links, thence by a
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Delegation of Governor's powers under the Gold Fields Act, 1862
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration29 December 1864
Gold Fields Act 1862, Delegation of powers, Superintendent, Auckland, Regulations
- Robert Graham (Esquire), Delegate for Gold Fields powers
- Sir George Grey
- Henry Sewell
🏘️ Warrant appointing Polling Place in Tua Marina District, Marlborough
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government31 December 1864
Polling Place, Provincial Council Election, Marlborough, Tua Marina
- Sir George Grey
- Frederick A. Weld
⚖️ Appointments of Justices of the Peace across four Provinces
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement5 January 1865
Justice of the Peace, Appointments, Auckland, Marlborough, Wellington, Nelson
12 names identified
- George Jackson Carey (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Henry Meade Hamilton (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- William Charles Lyon (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- William Moule (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Philip Harington (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- George Lilly Mellish (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Thomas McDonnell (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- George Fyffe (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- David Johnston (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Thomas Alfred Sneyd Kinnersley (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Edward Augustus Carlyon (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Frederick Edward Horneman (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Henry Sewell
🗺️ Intention to grant Gold Mining Leases near Waipori Camp
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey28 December 1864
Gold Mining Lease, Crown Lands, Waipori, Applicants Schedule
12 names identified
- William Fulton, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- James Ritchie, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- James Mann, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Robert Grieve, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Hosea Fraser, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Andrew Anderson, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Christie, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Johnson, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- William Foxcroft, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Daniel Hunter, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- William Edward Farrer, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Robert Perry, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Alfred Domett
NZ Gazette 1865, No 1