Railway Rates and Jury Orders




1278
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Alterations and Additions in the Rates, Charges, &c., | sending, and delivering the lists of men qualified and
for the Conveyance of Passengers and Goods on | liable to serve on juries, and making out the jury
New Zealand Railways.
— | books for every such jury district, as are thereinbefore
NORMANBY, Governor. | required ordinarily to be done at a different time or
ORDER IN COUNCIL. | period, and all such last-mentioned jury books shall
At the Government House, at Wellington, this | be brought into use, and the persons whose names
seventeenth day of September, 1878. | shall be therein set down shall be liable to serve,
Present: | immediately after the same shall have been made out
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL. | by the Sheriff, and the said last-mentioned books
WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fifth | shall be used until new books shall have been pre-
section of "The Public Works Act, 1876," it is | pared under the provisions hereinbefore contained:
enacted that the Governor in Council may from time | And whereas sittings of the District Court have been
to time make, alter, or revoke by-laws and regula- | lawfully directed or appointed to be holden at Grey-
tions for the management of railways open for traffic, | town and Masterton, in the Provincial District of
upon the several subjects in the said section specified: | Wellington, being towns other than those at which
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers and | Courts have heretofore been holden:
authorities conferred by the said Act, and of all | Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
other powers in anywise enabling him, His Excel- | Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
lency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, | of New Zealand, in exercise of all powers and
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive | authorities in this behalf vested in me by the said
Council thereof, doth hereby order and declare that | Act, do hereby order that the Jury Officer for the
the provisions relative to the conveyance of flax and | Jury Districts of Greytown and Masterton aforesaid,
potatoes set forth under the head "Index to Classifi- | and all Justices of the Peace, and the Registrars,
cation of Rates," in the First Schedule of the Order | Clerks, or other officers of Courts, constables and
in Council, dated the twenty-third day of August, | officers of police, and Sheriffs, shall, before the first
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and | day of November next, do and perform all such acts,
published in the New Zealand Gazette of that date, | matters, and things, in and towards preparing, col-
are hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof the following | lecting, allowing, sending, and delivering the lists of
provisions substituted, that is to say, — | men qualified and liable to serve on juries, and
Flax.—Pressed-dressed, Class C; if unpressed, rate | making out the jury books for the Jury Districts of
and a half. | Greytown and Masterton aforesaid, as are therein-
Flax.—Green, Class G, at owners' risk. | before in the said Act ordinarily required to be done
Potatoes.—New, as Class C, in cases or bags, at | at a different time or period:
owner's risk. | And I do order that, for the purposes aforesaid,
Potatoes.—Old, to be classed under head "Miscel- | the words in the sections of the said "Juries Act,
laneous." | 1868," specified in the first column of the Schedule
And that in the said First Schedule, under the head | hereto, shall respectively be construed and read as if
"Miscellaneous," the following provision be added, | the words in the second column of the said Schedule
that is to say, — | were inserted in lieu of such words in the said
CONVEYANCE OF POTATOES. | sections respectively.
In quantities of 5 tons and upwards, for distances | SCHEDULE.
up to 20 miles, to be carried at twopence halfpenny | Words as in "Juries Act, 1868." | How to be read.
(2d.) per ton per mile; for distances from 20 miles | Section 8. "Last day of January in | First day of October,
to 50 miles, one penny halfpenny (1½d.) per ton per | every year." | 1872.
mile; and for distances over 50 miles, one penny | Section 10. "First two Sundays in | First and Second Sun-
(1d.) per ton per mile. Smaller consignments than | March in every year." | days in October,
5 tons to be carried as Class E. | Section 11. "First Friday in April in | 1872.
And with the like advice and consent, I do hereby | every year." | Sixteenth day of Oc-
further order and declare that this Order in Council | Section 11. "Twenty-third day of | tober, 1872.
shall come into force on as and from the seventeenth | April then next." | Twenty-first day of
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and | Section 12. "The month of February, | October, 1872.
seventy-eight. | in every year." | The month of October,
FORSTER GORING, | Section 14. "Fourteenth day of May." | 1872.
Clerk of the Executive Council. | First day of Novem-
Jury Lists to be prepared. | ber, 1872.
NORMANBY, Governor. | As witness the hand of His Excellency the
WHEREAS by the fifteenth section of "The | Governor, this nineteenth day of Sep-
Juries Act, 1868," it is enacted that in case | tember, one thousand eight hundred and
any Circuit Court or sittings of the Supreme Court | seventy-eight.
for trial of civil or criminal cases, or District Court, | JOHN SHEEHAN.
or Court of Sessions of the Peace, shall thereafter be | Trustees appointed for Maintenance of Hamilton
lawfully directed or appointed to be holden at any | (Otago) Cemetery.
town other than those at which Courts are now | NORMANBY, Governor.
holden, the Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court | IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
there, if there be one, or a Jury Officer to be ap- | authorities vested in me by the second section
pointed for the jury district of such town in manner | of "The Cemeteries Management Act, 1877," I,
in the said Act mentioned, shall act as Jury Officer | George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Nor-
for the jury district of such town, and such Jury | manby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
Officer, and all Justices of the Peace, and the Regis- | do hereby appoint the several persons whose names
trars, Clerks, or other officers of Courts, constables | are specified in the first column of the Schedule
and officers of police, and Sheriffs, shall within such | hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance
time as the Governor shall order, for that occasion | and care of the public cemetery specified in the
only, do and perform all such acts, matters, and | second column of the said Schedule.



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🚂 Alterations to Railway Rates for Flax and Potatoes

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 September 1878
Railway rates, Freight charges, Flax, Potatoes, Order in Council, Public Works Act
  • Normanby (Governor)
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

⚖️ Order regarding preparation of Jury Lists for Greytown and Masterton

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
19 September 1878
Jury lists, Jury books, Greytown, Masterton, District Court, Juries Act 1868
  • Normanby (Governor)
  • John Sheehan

🏘️ Appointment of Trustees for Hamilton (Otago) Cemetery Maintenance

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Cemetery trustees, Maintenance, Hamilton, Otago, Cemeteries Management Act
  • Normanby (Governor)