Mayoral JP Appointments and Surveyor




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
the Mayoralty of such person, and the person so
appointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,
be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby
appoint

HENRY CAIN, Esq.,
the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough
of Timaru, to be a Justice of the Peace under the
one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

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; and issued at
Wellington, this sixth day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also hereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during
the Mayoralty of such person, and the person so ap-
pointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment,
be authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby
appoint

JAMES MIDGLEY HIGGIN, Esq.,
the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough
of Hokitika, to be a Justice of the Peace under the
one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

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; and issued at
Wellington, this sixth day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he
shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be a
Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also hereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is made
under the one hundred and thirty-third section of
the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during the
Mayoralty of such person, and the person so ap-
pointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment, be
authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the said power and authority
in me vested in this behalf, do hereby appoint

EDMUND WICKS, Esq.,
the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough of
Greymouth, to be a Justice of the Peace under the
one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

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; and issued at Wel-
lington, this sixth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the
Regulations contained in Schedule to the
Proclamation dated the seventeenth day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, by
the Governor in Council, of regulations for the sale,
letting, disposal, occupation, and management of the
Waste Lands within the County of Westland:

I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint

GERHARD MÜLLER, Esq.,
to be the Chief Surveyor for the said County of
Westland, to hold such office during my pleasure.

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,



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⚖️ Appointment of Henry Cain as Justice of the Peace for Timaru (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 January 1871
Municipal Corporations Act 1867, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Timaru, Appointment
  • Henry Cain (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace

  • W. Gisborne
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor

⚖️ Appointment of James Midgley Higgin as Justice of the Peace for Hokitika

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 January 1871
Municipal Corporations Act 1867, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Hokitika, Appointment
  • James Midgley Higgin (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace

  • W. Gisborne
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor

⚖️ Appointment of Edmund Wicks as Justice of the Peace for Greymouth

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 January 1871
Municipal Corporations Act 1867, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Greymouth, Appointment
  • Edmund Wicks (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace

  • W. Gisborne
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor

🗺️ Appointment of Chief Surveyor for Westland County

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
6 January 1871
Chief Surveyor, Westland County, Waste Lands, Appointment
  • Gerhard Müller (Esquire), Appointed Chief Surveyor

  • G. F. Bowen, Governor