Native Land Orders & Prison Rules




634

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of November, 1871.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS at a sitting of the Native Lands
Court of New Zealand, held at Kapanga, in
the District of Coromandel, Province of Auckland,
on the nineteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, the claims of Tamati
Waka Te Puhi, Rangitehau, Aherata Te Mihinui,
Tinipoaka Te Ngako, Te Rihe, Te Onehunga Ahurei,
Natanahira Te Urupa, and others, aboriginal natives
of New Zealand, residing in the District of Hauraki,
to a piece of land called Otautu No. 1 and No. 2,
situate at Cabbage Bay, in the District of Coro-
mandel aforesaid, was heard, and a certain order was
thereupon made by the Court aforesaid: And
whereas it is enacted by "The Native Lands Act,
1865," and "The Native Lands Act, 1867," and
"The Native Lands Act, 1870," that the Governor
in Council may order a rehearing of any matter
judicially heard before the Court aforesaid, and
before one or more Judges of the Court, and one or
more Assessors, as may be specified in the Order in
Council ordering such rehearing, and within such
period of time as may be limited in such order, pro-
vided that no such order for rehearing shall be made
after six months shall have elapsed from the date of
the original decision: And whereas it is expedient
that the said claim shall be reheard before the said
Court:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the above-
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claims of Tamati Waka Te Puhi,
Rangitehau, Aherata Te Mihinui, Tinipoaka Te
Ngako, Te Rihe, Te Onehunga Ahurei, Natanahira
Te Urupa, and others, to the aforesaid piece of land
shall be reheard before one Judge of the said Court
and one Assessor thereof; and doth order that such
rehearing shall take place before the thirtieth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

W
HEREAS at a sitting of the Native Lands
Court of New Zealand held at Kapanga, in
the District of Coromandel, Province of Auckland,
on the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, the claim of Paroto Te Kouorehua
and others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, re-
siding in the District of Coromandel, to a piece of
land called Taungatara, situate at Manaia, in the
district aforesaid, was heard, and a certain order was
thereupon made by the Court aforesaid: And
whereas it is enacted by "The Native Lands Act,
1865," and "The Native Lands Act, 1867," and "The
Native Lands Act, 1870," that the Governor in
Council may order a rehearing of any matter judi-
cially brought before the Court aforesaid, and before
one or more Judges of the Court, and one or more
Assessors, as may be specified in the Order in Council
ordering such rehearing, and within such period of

time as may be limited in such order: Provided that
no such order for rehearing shall be made after six
months shall have elapsed from the date of the
original decision: And whereas it is expedient that
the said claim shall be reheard before the said Court:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claim of Paroto Te Kouorehua and
others to the aforesaid piece of land shall be reheard
before a Judge of the said Court and one Assessor
thereof; and doth order that such rehearing shall take
place before the thirtieth day of June next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor..

W
HEREAS by an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of New Zealand, intituled "An Ordinance
for the Regulation of Prisons, Sess. VII., No. 7," the
Governor is empowered from time to time to make
such rules and regulations as to him may seem fit,.
touching the duties of the officers of any public gaol,
the classification, diet, instruction, treatment, and
correction of the prisoners therein, and generally to
prescribe all such rules as may be necessary for the
good discipline of any public gaol, and the safe
custody of the prisoners therein :

And whereas, by a Warrant bearing date the ninth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, certain regulations were made for the Public
Gaols within the then existing Province of Southland,
and it is expedient to alter the scale of rations fixed
by the said regulations so far as respects the Public
Gaol at Invercargill, and to fix another scale in lieu
thereof:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under and
by virtue of the provisions of the said Ordinance,
do hereby make the following regulation fixing the
scale of rations to be allowed to prisoners confined in
the Public Gaol at Invercargill, in the Province of
Otago, that is to say,—

PRISONERS AT HARD LABOUR.

  • Maize or Oaten Meal: Male 8 oz., Female 6 oz.
  • Bread: Male 20 ", Female 12 "
  • Meat: Male 16 ", Female 6 "
  • Potatoes: Male 8 ", Female 12 "
  • Sugar: Male 1 ", Female 1 "
  • Soap: Male 0½ ", Female 0½ "
  • Salt: Male 0½ ", Female 0½ "

PRISONERS NOT AT LABOUR, AND FOR CHILDREN OF FEMALE
PRISONERS OVER EIGHT YEARS OF AGE.

  • Maize or Oaten Meal: Male 8 oz., Female 6 oz.
  • Bread: Male 16 ", Female 12 "
  • Meat: Male 6 ", Female 6 "
  • Potatoes: Male 8 ", Female 8 "
  • Sugar: Male 1 ", Female 1 "
  • Soap: Male 0½ ", Female 0½ "

PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.

  • Bread: 16 oz.
  • Soap: 0½ "

CHILDREN OF FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER TWO YEARS OF AGE.

  • Milk: 1 pint.
  • Bread: 4 oz.
  • Sugar: 1 "

CHILDREN ABOVE TWO YEARS AND UNDER EIGHT.

  • Milk: 1 pint.
  • Bread: 8 oz.
  • Meat: 4 "
  • Sugar: 1 "


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Order for Rehearing of Native Land Claim Otautu No. 1 and No. 2

🪶 Māori Affairs
27 November 1871
Native Lands Court, Rehearing, Otautu, Coromandel, Hauraki, Land Claim
7 names identified
  • Tamati Waka Te Puhi, Claimant in Native Land Court case
  • Rangitehau, Claimant in Native Land Court case
  • Aherata Te Mihinui, Claimant in Native Land Court case
  • Tinipoaka Te Ngako, Claimant in Native Land Court case
  • Te Rihe, Claimant in Native Land Court case
  • Te Onehunga Ahurei, Claimant in Native Land Court case
  • Natanahira Te Urupa, Claimant in Native Land Court case

  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🪶 Order for Rehearing of Native Land Claim Taungatara

🪶 Māori Affairs
27 November 1871
Native Lands Court, Rehearing, Taungatara, Manaia, Coromandel, Land Claim
  • Paroto Te Kouorehua, Claimant in Native Land Court case

  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

⚖️ Regulation fixing the scale of rations for prisoners at Invercargill Gaol

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Prison regulations, Rations scale, Invercargill Gaol, Otago Province, Hard Labour
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor