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✨ Notices, Returns, and Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Inquiry for Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1873.

INQUIRIES having been made respecting a person
named

JOHN CLEMINSON,
formerly of Manchester, England, and who was last
heard of in Nelson about five years ago, when he was
employed in fencing for the Government, any one
who can give any information respecting him is re-
quested to communicate with this Office.

By command.
ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD,
(for the Under Secretary).

Customs Department (Distilleries Branch),
Wellington, 20th February, 1873.

ANNUAL Return of Spirits distilled in New Zea-
land, published as required by section 93 of
"The Distillation Act, 1868."

Number of Imperial gallons of Spirits
distilled in New Zealand received into
all Bonded Warehouses during the
year ended 31st December, 1872 ... 79,944·5
Number of Imperial gallons of such
Spirits cleared and taken out of
Bonded Warehouses during the same
period—
For home consumption 34,578·6
For exportation 27·6 34,606·2

Number of Imperial gallons of such
Spirits remaining in all Bonded Ware-
houses on the 31st December, 1872.
(This includes balance in stock from
previous year) ... 56,853·3

WILLIAM SEED,
Chief Inspector of Distilleries.

Officiating Ministers registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1873.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:—

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend THOMAS PORRITT.
Free Church of Scotland.
The Reverend W. H. ROOT.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Names of Officiating
Ministers, within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," have been sent in to me, in addition to
the names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 6, of the 30th January, and No. 9, of
13th of February, in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

COMPARATIVE RETURN OF NUMBER OF TELEGRAMS transmitted, and the VALUE OF GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS forwarded, the Revenue received, and the VALUE OF GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS forwarded, for the Quarters ended 31st December, 1871 and 1872.

MONTH.
- October
- November
- December
- Increase
- Decrease
NUMBER OF TELEGRAMS FORWARDED
- From 1 Oct. to 31 December, 1871.
- From 1 Oct. to 31 December, 1872.
CASH REVENUE RECEIVED
- INCREASE.
  - £ s. d.
- DECREASE.
  - £ s. d.
VALUE OF GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS
- INCREASE.
  - £ s. d.
- DECREASE.
  - £ s. d.

New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, 22nd February, 1873.
C. LEMON, General Manager.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1873, No 11

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🏛️ Inquiry regarding missing person John Cleminson formerly of Manchester

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated25 February 1873
KeywordsMissing person, Inquiry, Nelson, Fencing
👱🏽 Names

JOHN CLEMINSON, Missing person last heard of in Nelson

👩‍💼 Officials

ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD (for the Under Secretary)

🏭 Annual return of spirits distilled in New Zealand for the year ended 1872

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated20 February 1873
KeywordsSpirits distilled, Bonded Warehouses, Annual Return, 1872
👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM SEED, Chief Inspector of Distilleries

🏥 Publication of newly registered officiating ministers under The Marriage Act, 1854

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated24 February 1873
KeywordsMarriage Act 1854, Officiating Ministers, Registration, Church
👱🏽 Names

THOMAS PORRITT (Reverend), Registered Officiating Minister
W. H. ROOT (Reverend), Registered Officiating Minister

👩‍💼 Officials

JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General

🚂 Comparative return of telegram statistics for quarters ending December 1871 and 1872

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated22 February 1873
KeywordsTelegrams, Statistics, Revenue, Comparison, 1871, 1872
👩‍💼 Officials

C. LEMON, General Manager

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