Bank Trustee Appointments and Polling Place Abolition




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

more or less, situated in the parish of Waitemata, in the County of Eden, being lot number four of section number twelve of the City of Auckland, bounded on the north by lot number four A, four hundred and seventy-two links, on the east by a line one hundred and forty-four links; on the south by the strand, five hundred and twenty-nine links; and on the west by lot number three, one hundred and fourteen links.

Warrant appointing Trustees of the Savings’ Bank at Invercargill.

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 its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Savings’ Bank Act, 1858,” it is enacted that the management of the affairs of every such Bank shall be vested in not less than five or more than thirty-six Trustees, who shall be nominated by the Governor, and that such Trustees may from time to time be removed from office and be re-appointed, or others may be appointed in their place. And whereas, in consequence of the absence from the Province of several of the persons who have been appointed Trustees of the Savings’ Bank established at Invercargill, it is expedient that all the present Trustees should be removed from office, and that those who are resident in the Province and willing to act should be re-appointed:

Now therefore, in exercise of the powers in me vested by the said recited Act, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby remove from the office of Trustee of the Savings’ Bank established at Invercargill every person who has been appointed Trustee, and who now holds the said office, and I hereby nominate and re-appoint each of the persons hereinafter named to be a Trustee of the said Bank, namely:

JOHN CRAWFORD HENDERSON,
DONALD MCDONALD,
JAMES HARVEY,
SAMUEL BEAREN,
JOHN SYDNEY LEGGETT.

Given under my hand at Government House, Wellington, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
H. SEWELL.

Warrant Appointing Trustees of the Savings’ Bank at Auckland.

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 its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Savings’ Bank Act, 1858,” it is enacted that the management of the affairs of every such Bank shall be vested in not less than five or more than thirty-six Trustees, who shall be nominated by the Governor, and that such Trustees may from time to time be removed from office and be re-appointed, or others may be appointed in their place. And whereas in consequence of the resignation of the persons who have been appointed Trustees of the Savings’ Bank established at Auckland, it is expedient that others be appointed in their stead:

Now therefore, in exercise of the powers in me vested by the said recited Act, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby accept the resignation of the undermentioned persons who have held the office of Trustees of the Savings’ Bank at Auckland, namely:

JAMES CRUICKSHANK,
JOSIAH CLIFTON FIRTH,
CHARLES PETSCHLER,
THOMAS HENDERSON,
CHRISTOPHER ATWELL HARRIS.

And I hereby nominate and appoint each of the persons hereinafter named to be a Trustee of the said Bank, namely:

EDMUND JAMES COX,
SAMUEL JACKSON,
GEORGE PATRICK PIERCE,
GEORGE WEBSTER,
WILLIAM SWINTON LAURIE.

Given under my hand at Government House, Wellington, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
H. SEWELL.

Warrant Abolishing a Principal Polling Place and Appointing another in lieu thereof.

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 its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

WHEREAS by “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 appoint 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 Warrant under the hand of the Governor, bearing date the sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, the Court House, Blenheim, was appointed a Principal Polling Place for the District of Lower Wairau, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Marlborough;

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same, and to appoint another in lieu thereof:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby abolish the abovenamed principal polling place for the District of Lower Wairau, for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Marlborough, and do appoint in lieu thereof The House of Mr. John Shepherd, the Big Bush, Lower Wairau.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
J. C. RICHMOND.
Colonial Secretary.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1865, No 32





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Governor consents to surrender of Native Reserve lot in Auckland City. (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
5 August 1865
Land surrender, Native Reserve, Auckland City, Trustee, Deed of Grant

💰 Warrant appointing Trustees of the Savings' Bank at Invercargill

💰 Finance & Revenue
5 August 1865
Savings' Bank, Trustee appointments, Invercargill
  • John Crawford Henderson, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Invercargill
  • Donald McDonald, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Invercargill
  • James Harvey, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Invercargill
  • Samuel Bearen, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Invercargill
  • John Sydney Leggett, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Invercargill

  • G. Grey, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • H. Sewell

💰 Warrant Appointing Trustees of the Savings' Bank at Auckland

💰 Finance & Revenue
5 August 1865
Savings' Bank, Trustee appointments, Auckland
10 names identified
  • James Cruickshank, Resigned as Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • Josiah Clifton Firth, Resigned as Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • Charles Petschler, Resigned as Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • Thomas Henderson, Resigned as Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • Christopher Atwell Harris, Resigned as Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • Edmund James Cox, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • Samuel Jackson, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • George Patrick Pierce, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • George Webster, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland
  • William Swinton Laurie, Appointed Trustee of the Savings' Bank at Auckland

  • G. Grey, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • H. Sewell

🏛️ Warrant Abolishing a Principal Polling Place and Appointing another in lieu thereof

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
16 August 1865
Polling place, abolition, appointment, Lower Wairau, Marlborough
  • John Shepherd (Mr), House appointed as new principal polling place

  • G. Grey, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • J. C. Richmond, Colonial Secretary