✨ Government Appointments and Orders




  1. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, on the
twenty-eighth day of February, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is amongst other things enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council,
from time to time to constitute for any Gold Field,
or for any part thereof, Wardens' Courts, for the
administration of justice therein, and to appoint
Wardens of such Courts, with power to act alone or
with assessors, and in such manner, and to exercise
all or any of the powers thereinafter mentioned, as
the Governor shall think fit to direct:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority vested in
him for this purpose, appoint

JOSEPH BARNES BORTON, Esq.,

to be a Warden of all Wardens' Courts now consti-
tuted or hereafter to be constituted within the Gold
Fields of the Province of Otago, with power to him
to act alone or with assessors, and to exercise all
or any of the powers vested in or imposed on Judges
of Wardens' Courts.

HENRY D. PITT, Capt., R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-first day of February, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by "The Dangerous Goods Act,
1869," that any vessel carrying
a cargo consisting wholly or in part of goods which
are specially dangerous under the said Act, or under
any Order in Council made thereunder, or of Petro-
leum, on entering any harbour within New Zealand,
shall conform to such regulations in respect to the
place at which she is to be moored as may from time
to time be issued by the Governor in Council with
respect to such harbour:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, in pursuance of the above recited pro-
vision, doth hereby order that every such vessel as
aforesaid entering the Harbour of Auckland shall be
moored within that portion of the anchorage of
the Harbour of Auckland which is comprised within
the boundaries following; that is to say-

"A line drawn from the eastern headland of
Judge's Bay on the South shore of the harbour
aforesaid to Depot Point on the North shore of the
harbour aforesaid, and a line drawn from the
western headland of Judge's Bay due North to the
North shore of the said harbour."

HENRY D. PITT, Capt., R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is made lawful for the Governor, from time
to time, by notification in the New Zealand Gazette,
to fix the times and places within the district at
which every District Court shall be held: And
whereas by "The District Courts Act Amendment
Act, 1865," it is enacted that as to the times of
holding such Courts it shall be sufficient for the
Governor, if he shall so think fit, to fix the interval
only within which such Courts shall be held at each
place, and it shall in such case be lawful for the
Judge of such Court to fix the particular times and
days for the holding of such Courts, and from time
to time to alter the same, provided that such time
and days shall fall within the interval so fixed by the
Governor:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby,
in pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, fix that Sessions of the District Court of
Auckland shall be held at Shortland, in the Province
of Auckland, at intervals of not less than thirteen
days, nor more than twenty-one days, between the
first day of each sitting of such Court.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-fourth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.

WILLIAM Fox
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of
the Province of Otago for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Education Reserves Management and Leasing
Ordinance (No. 2), 1869,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Otago, intituled

"The Appropriation Ordinance (No. 2), 1869-70;"
"The Cattle Trespass Ordinance Amendment
Ordinance, 1869;
"The University of Otago Ordinance Amendment
Ordinance, 1869;"
"The Moeraki Lands Sale Ordinance, 1869;"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of them.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1870.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council, and reserved by the Superintendent
of the Province of Southland for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Sheep Ordinance, 1866, Amendment
Ordinance, 1869."

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to withhold his assent to the same.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to make the following appointments
under "The Crown Lands Act, 1869," viz.:-

JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province
of Auckland;

DANIEL AUSTIN TOLE, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands for the
Province of Auckland.

W. GISBORNE.



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🌾 Appointment of Warden for Otago Gold Fields Courts

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
28 February 1870
Warden, Gold Fields, Otago, Court appointment, Joseph Barnes Borton
  • Joseph Barnes Borton (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Gold Fields Courts

  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • Henry D. Pitt, Captain, R.A. (for Clerk of the Executive Council)

πŸ—οΈ Regulations for mooring vessels carrying dangerous goods in Auckland Harbour

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
21 February 1870
Dangerous Goods Act, Petroleum, Harbour regulations, Auckland Harbour, Mooring
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • Henry D. Pitt, Captain, R.A. (for Clerk of the Executive Council)

βš–οΈ Fixing sitting intervals for Auckland District Court at Shortland

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
24 February 1870
District Court, Court schedule, Auckland, Shortland, Governor proclamation
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • William Fox (for the Colonial Secretary)

🏘️ Governor assents to Otago Education Reserves Management and Leasing Ordinance, 1869

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
3 March 1870
Provincial Ordinance, Otago, Education Reserves, Assent given, 1869
  • W. Gisborne

🏘️ Governor does not disallow several Otago Provincial Ordinances (1869-70)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
3 March 1870
Provincial Ordinance, Otago, Appropriation, Cattle Trespass, University, Moeraki Lands Sale
  • W. Gisborne

🏘️ Governor withholds assent to Southland Sheep Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1869

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 March 1870
Provincial Ordinance, Southland, Sheep Ordinance, Assent withheld, 1869
  • W. Gisborne

πŸ—ΊοΈ Appointments under the Crown Lands Act for Auckland Province

πŸ—ΊοΈ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 March 1870
Crown Lands Act, Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Auckland
  • John Williamson (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands
  • Daniel Austin Tole (Esquire), Appointed Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands

  • W. Gisborne