✨ Proclamations and Appointments




360

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this sixteenth
day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land situate and being
in the county of Westland, bounded on the West by
a line of 160 chains and 80 links, extending from the
South Spit along the beach; thence along the South
Town Belt 115 chains and 50 links, thence along the
East Town Belt 120 chains and 90 links; thence
along the Native Reserve, number 31, 41 chains 30
links to the River Grey; and thence along the River
Grey to the point of commencement.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Commissioners
Powers Act, 1867," certain powers were given to
any Board or Commission appointed or issued or to
be appointed or issued by the Governor in Council.
And whereas divers claims to compensation for
losses occasioned by and for special services in
suppressing rebel Natives during the war have been
preferred by settlers residing in the Provinces of
Hawke's Bay and Auckland; and it is expedient
that such claims should be investigated and that
their reasonable amounts should be ascertained:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the Colony, do hereby
appoint

JAMES HUNTER CAMPBELL, Esq.,
of Waiapu, to be a Commissioner to investigate the
said claims and ascertain their reasonableness and
respective amounts, and for this purpose to take
evidence and hear the said claimants themselves,
their counsel or agents and witnesses, and to direct
that the said Commissioner shall, by one or more
reports as he shall deem expedient, make known to
me what he shall have done in the premises.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint
that sittings of the District Court of the Otago Gold
Fields, additional to those already appointed, shall
be held as follows:-

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Lawrence,
on the second Tuesday in October next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Naseby,
on the second Wednesday in November next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Clyde, on
the Monday next after the second Wednesday
in November next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queens-
town, on the Monday second after the second
Wednesday in November next.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the
Governor this sixteenth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Regis-
trars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the districts set opposite their names
respectively, as the same are defined in proclamation
of 13th July, 1868, and published in this Gazette,
viz.:-

PAUL ADOLPHUS FREDERICK BIRCH, Esq.,
Waimea.
SAMUEL BESWICK, Esq., Hokitika.
These appointments to take effect on and from the
fifteenth day of August, 1868.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Regis-
trars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the districts set opposite their names
respectively, as the same are defined in proclamation
of 13th July, 1868, and published in this Gazette,
viz.:-

BELFIELD WOOLLCOMBE, Esq., Timaru.
Rev. LAWRENCE LAWSON BROWN, Geraldine.
GEORGE MATHEW BABINGTON, Esq., Waimate.
These appointments to take effect on and from the
tenth day of August, 1868.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HERBERT BELFIELD, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Timaru, as the same is defined in proclamation of
13th July, 1868, and published in this Gazette,

This appointment to take effect on and from the
tenth day of August, 1868.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1868.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting the
following person, any one who can give any
information respecting him is requested to commu-
nicate with this office.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Name-Daniel Lefevre.
Trade or profession-Fur skin dresser.
Personal appearance-Dark, curly hair.
Residence before coming to the Colony-Madras.
Age-35.



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πŸ—ΊοΈ Schedule defining boundaries for land in Westland County

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
16 July 1868
Land boundaries, Westland County, River Grey, Town Belt, Native Reserve
  • E. W. STAFFORD
  • G. F. BOWEN, Governor

πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Commissioner to investigate war loss compensation claims

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
13 July 1868
Commissioners Powers Act 1867, Compensation claims, War losses, Hawke's Bay, Auckland
  • James Hunter Campbell (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner for claims

  • J. C. RICHMOND
  • G. F. BOWEN, Governor

βš–οΈ Fixing additional sittings for the District Court of the Otago Gold Fields

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
16 July 1868
District Court, Otago Gold Fields, Court sittings, Lawrence, Naseby, Clyde, Queenstown
  • E. W. STAFFORD
  • G. F. BOWEN, Governor

πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Registrars of Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Waimea, Hokitika)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
15 July 1868
Registrar appointments, Marriages, Births, Deaths, Waimea, Hokitika
  • Paul Adolphus Frederick Birch (Esquire), Appointed Registrar of Marriages
  • Samuel Beswick (Esquire), Appointed Registrar of Marriages

  • E. W. STAFFORD

πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Registrars of Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Timaru, Geraldine, Waimate)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
15 July 1868
Registrar appointments, Marriages, Births, Deaths, Timaru, Geraldine, Waimate
  • Belfield Woollcombe (Esquire), Appointed Registrar of Marriages
  • Lawrence Lawson Brown (Reverend), Appointed Registrar of Marriages
  • George Mathew Babington (Esquire), Appointed Registrar of Marriages

  • E. W. STAFFORD

πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Timaru

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
15 July 1868
Deputy Registrar, Marriages, Births, Deaths, Timaru
  • Herbert Belfield (Esquire), Appointed Deputy Registrar of Marriages

  • E. W. STAFFORD

πŸ›οΈ Request for information regarding missing person Daniel Lefevre

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
15 July 1868
Missing person enquiry, Fur skin dresser, Madras
  • Daniel Lefevre, Subject of enquiry

  • W. GISBORNE, Under Secretary